They say timing is everything

My husband and I were married a little over a year ago. In fact, we returned home from our honeymoon just in time for the Lehman Brothers to file bankruptcy and thus erupting a volcano of economic turmoil. In the three months before that event my husband had graduated from college and we purchased a “fixer-upper”. Great timing, huh? Obviously we had been living in the wedding haze reserved for young lovers, ready to tackle the world arm in arm, waiting for all of our dreams to come to us on the conveyor belt of life. Oppsy.

Needless to say we had made some decisions that would at the very least have needed a little more deliberation if we had been paying attention to a crystal ball. My husband has only been able to find part-time employment which brings on a whole variety of issues. Our income is not what we expected, our marital dynamic is not what we expected, the progress on our house is not what we expected, our ability to make purchases is not what we expected, our ability to pay down debt is not what we expected, the stability of our life is not what we expected.

So how do we deal with all that? Obviously this would be short lived blog if I had that answer. The journey is the adventure, and maintaining happiness is the challenge.