So I don't watch the news or read the paper. I don't really pay attention to outside world events. I guess I figure if they are that important someone will tell me about them.
I didn't hear about the crazy 8 baby lady until after she had the babies.
I do hear about the recession, but in the quiet bubble of my life I hadn't really noticed it. We spend the same as we would anyways. We still bought a house, and we are still planning on buying a second car in the next 6 months. It hit me the other day how hard it is getting for people out there.
Trevor has been stressed out at work recently because they have been doing firing. LOTS of firing. We are talking at least 20 guys a day for a couple of weeks. They have cut their workforce almost in half. I hadn't really thought about it until the other day when trevor told me this story.
He was going back to his work area after lunch and they had called a whole bunch of guys into the trailer where they do the big let down. Trevs foreman says hey Smith your suppose to be in there (Trevor curses under his breath) and heads on over to the trailer. When he gets there though the man doing the firing tells him to get out of there, (trevor curses the man who playing the prank). Then he said the thing that hit me. As he looked around that small room before he left he saw the scared look on all those mens faces.
That is what got to me. Those poor men. Those men who have to go home to their wives and children and explain that they no longer have a job. Those men with their mortgages and car ayments, food bills and field trip notices. Those poor men that are now out of work without notice and have to fight against not only all the other men who have been fired from this company, but also with all the men who have been sent home from the oil sands and other areas around the province for a few coveted postitions. Thinking of the stress that those men and their familyies now haave to face really hit me hard.
I am grateful for a husband who knows how to work hard and make a good impact on an employer. I am thankful for a husband that even if he was let go I know would find a job and a way to take care of us.
I hope this all ends soon.
2 comments:
Wow. That is a scary thought, isn't it? My dad told me that when there is a recession, it is the perfect time to get your post secondary education. I'm starting to realize why! I hope it ends soon too! But according to the bank of Canada, this is going to be as bad as it gets and the economy is supposed to get back up again. At least it's not as bad as it is in the states.
Wow, that really brings it to life. Where does Trevor work? That's SO sad.
Oh, with putting kids to sleep in the same room. It's just a matter of routine. The first little while is hard, but they just learn to sleep through other crying and they actually get a really big bond by sleeping in the same room. They all go to bed at the same time...but we make it fun for all of them.
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