We knew it was coming...

Last week wasn't such a good week.

Matt was laid off.

We knew it was coming. We knew when his boss had to pick who he was going to let go it would be Matt. If you know us personally, you know exactly why. But Karma will eventually take care of him. That's just the way it works.

Back in August, his company lost a HUGE contract.

Of course there is always more to the story, but that's not really our concern anymore.

The initial knee jerk reaction was panic. I'm a stay at home mom so it's not like there is at least still one income around here. In the end all will be fine and I really do believe everything happens for a reason. We've been in these situations before where we couldn't figure out for the life of us, "Why did this have to happen" only to figure it all out later down the road.

His first option would be to find another job in which he could keep his security clearance. If not, it's not the end of the world. He's looking everywhere, with no geographic restrictions. It's a bit like dejavu. When we moved down here from Michigan, we didn't know where we were moving to until about 10 days before we left.

He's already submitted literally hundreds of resumes and I know he'll eventually find something.

Life goes on.