A Twist of Fate? Or Bad Luck.

Amber: it's funny how things happen in life. Is it luck or fate or the Universe laughing at us? For the last 3 years, my husband has been working as an apprentice to an appraiser, getting enough hours and experience and taking classes so he can get his license. For the last 2 years I've been working with him as the Office Manager. We have never had a lull in business, if there was a panic it was because there was too much to do and we were coming up on deadlines. Apparently the joke has been on us, though. Four weeks ago our boss went on vacation for 2 weeks to Hawaii, we made sure that all of the projects were completed by then so that she could relax and not worry about work. We have NEVER had an empty project list. We were excited for the break as well. Then our boss came home from vacation... still no projects. Here we are two weeks later and have only worked 5 days in the past 30. We are feeling a little anxious. Based on just these earnings, our income is going to be less that 50% of what it is now. We're not worried about paying $1000 on our debt now, we're worried about surviving. Tony has been looking for another job, something flexible that will allow him to go back to appraising when needed. I have been putting more efforts in my direct selling business, Discovery Toys. We haven't really felt the panic yet because we're riding the paycheck from last month. But in a week or so, we'll feel it. The funny thing is, when we were talking with our boss, she said this is usually how the appraisal business is, busy in the summer and slow in the winter, we've just never experienced this and so she's never brought it up. If only we'd known, maybe we would've saved more for the winter... or maybe not. Hindsight is always 20/20.