I was laid off once...I was a Pixie then (it was back in 2003) and some of you may remember that it was a tremendous blow to my ego. My husband was in grad school, which made it difficult to make the mortgage...but thank God we were living in Ohio where our mortgage was *much* smaller.

I did consulting about 1/2 time for 4 months while I looked for a job...when I got one, I was so grateful that I looked before I leaped and I ended up in a position where I was on the road constantly for 18 months until I quit.

We scrimped, used savings, and focused on finding enough work to offset the bills. There's work out there, if you're not too proud to do it. When it comes to survival, I'm never too proud.

__________________
Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney