Probably pointless worrying

[multipurposegoddess]

For the first time in my adult life, I am financially comfortable. H is making enough money so we have some disposable income without me working (and oh, how I love not working!), we have the recommended 6-months of expenses in savings, everything's cool.

So, yesterday at dinner, H lets slip that he doesn't think his department is going to survive the merger. A veep in anotehr dept has said she would take him on if his position is eliminated, but, really, who knows what Motorola will go for. If they decide to go all lean and start handing out severance packages, that'll be that.

This isn't even real worry, not up to my usual standard of I'd better find a nice sturdy cardboard box worry - we do have savings and I assume that severence caused by merger would be generous, and there would likely be unemployment and the whole thing may not happen at all. But I am really good at worrying. Give me an actual crisis and I'm all calm and zen and unruffled - make everything smooth and easy and I will worry like a champ. So it's realy a symptom of how good I have it, if I think about it.

There, got that out of my system.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Well aren't you all kinds of rational and reasonable. :)

And that's why I have always worked - because I needed the money for my non-working life. But at this point, the amount I could bring in would add less benefit to the household than the disadvantages my working would bring. I find it immensely frustrating when we both work the amount of "free time" that we have to devote to household chores and whatnot - with me not working I can do laundry and all that while H is at work, and our leisure time is actually for leisure. It's a highly individual calculus, and probably chaotic.

[tskaredoff.livejournal.com]

Ha! Posting anonymously in my own lj, that's a new one for me.

[thezzyzx.livejournal.com]

Well we have made switches. Mel was working 4 days at Jet City for a while and I argued her down to 3 because it was driving her crazy and she didn't even notice that's what it was.

The pro of having the Jet City job is that I get 3 nights a week to myself where I can watch the TV that she doesn't like. For someone who lived by himself all of his life, alone time is important. I wish she had some more time with the house to herself too, but I'm not taking on a second job for that. :)

[tskaredoff.livejournal.com]

Funny you should say that - I have become really attached to the time when the house is all mine (also used in part for watching the TV that H doesn't like, funnily enough). Part of my reasoning for taking a couple of classes in the evenings (as I'm about to do as soon as I get the schedule figured out) is to give H some time to himself to unwind at home - right now he only has the time after I've gone to bed early or something, and I think he could probably use some more regular Henry time.

[thezzyzx.livejournal.com]

Actually, come to think of it, Mel does get some time to herself coming up. I had forgotten about it since it's been so long, but softball season's starting up again and that gives her a night or two to herself if she's not working then.

Of course, usually all she does with this time to herself is nap anyway, so it's not that big of a deal to her I guess.

[tskaredoff.livejournal.com]

It can be nice to nap knowing you aren't missing out on time with your sweetie.