Ever had one of those years?

Just when I think we're settling in to life as "normal" without anything disastrous, something comes along to shake that up.

This time, it is unemployment. We got the news today that Dan has been laid off effective today. That was not exactly the "welcome home" we had expected after our trip to California, which I will probably write about when I am less jet-lagged (we got in at 1am) and over the initial shock of this particular bit of bad news.

He's the primary breadwinner and my job pays some of the additional bills, so we'd appreciate some prayers that Dan will find a good position quickly, since my salary, quite frankly, won't be sufficient to make our ends meet.

Just off the top of my head... January brought a miscarriage. February brought surgery and a fear of compromised fertility or worse. March brought death in the family, reorganization at work that I found very challenging, and the hospitalization of another loved one. April brought tax liability, the death of a coworker from cancer, a trip to the emergency vet and a lost job. To be fair, there have been some good things thrown in there, but let's just say I'm voting for some of the May flowers that are said to come of April showers, because so far 2008 is not living up to all of its rich promise. *sigh* This, too, shall pass.