So far the biggest change of being an unemployed family has been ALL THAT MONEY!!! LOL

When Shawn got fired he ended up missing only half a days pay on his last check. So it was a tiny bit smaller than usual but not much. Then on the same day that we got his last paycheck we also got paid his two weeks of vacation that he's earned for this year. Kinda like a severance thing. And they didn't take childsupport out of that so essentially we got a double paycheck +$200.

We had big plans to save a lot of it to live on and supplement the unemployment we will hopefully be getting. But we suck at saving money and have spent WAY more than we planned on Christmas. For example today we spent over $100 on food for one meal. Christmas Korean Dinner. Very spendy.

So with quite a bit of money still in the bank from payday today we got Shawn's bonus check from work. It's an attendance bonus and it's equal to, like, 3% of his yearly income. So basically another 3 weeks of pay there. At this point we have more money than we should as people without jobs.

We also have a profit sharing 401K thing that we're not sure what to do with. Right now the plan is to cash it out. It will be a few thousand dollars. (Enough to move far, far away, if we should decide to). Enough to keep us on our feet for quite a while especially if we get unemployment. Of course that would require us to not blow it all in a month. Which is what is more likely to happen. :(

So my point is that while I should feel the full effect of poverty soon, right now things are great! LOL Money to burn, my husband home and not tired and stressed, things have not really ever been better. :)

Weird.