Two weeks now since the last day Missus reported into The Man. We are cut loose and flapping free in the wind. It is kind of nice. At the same time, it is scary, and it is a lot of work. We are trying to sort out some things in the house to clean it up and sort out livability. There are also workspaces to sort. Overall, it is not the worst situation we have been in.
Missus left the corporate world two weeks ago today. Since her volunteer departure we found out there have been layoffs. She feels it has been a good thing for her to go free on her own. The first benefit has been the extra time to work on the house and try to get things in order that have been put off due to lack of time while she was mentally and physically focused on her job. Despite the time, there is still a lot to do even two weeks later, thanks to there being so much to do! But we are keeping at it, and hopefully we will have things under control before too long. The heat is picking up, and that is not helping, but maybe we will switch over to a night shift to do things when it is cooler and sleep in the day, since now we can!
The scary part is of course keeping up with income. We have an egg to live off for a bit, but that won’t last forever, and who wants to give it up for an extended vacation when we could get earning and keep the egg? There are things here than need fixing, and the expenses with those also need to be taken from that egg, so it does add pressure to get earning before too long!
We have most of what we think we need to get the farm and business going. There are a couple of things left to get, such as a fridge for the eggs to sell in, and some other things along with them, should we choose to. The places we need to do the work we need to are pretty good. I have my shop, and it is almost ready to go up and running as it is. I would like to sort out a bit of an air system to remove the rubbish from the machines. Missus has her craft cottage, and the worktables in there to do what she wants to accomplish.
We moved to the US from the UK back in late 2010. We were dirt poor back then. We are better off this year than ever. That has come through our work and through some losses. It has all come at costs to us. We hope to be soon providing goods and services that will be a benefit to others, and at a fair price to keep us going too. As I said, this is not the worst situation we have been in, and now we hope we are well footed to move forward.