I realize that I will not find a balance between gym time - baby - housework - hubby and everytyhing else immediately but I am bad about balance. I am like a kid with a shiny new toy. I joined the gym last week and I want to go every day. Hopefully Matt will be patient with me and let me try to squeeze it in

Having kind of a tough morning... It seems like lately between Matt and myself and our families (and I know this is everywhere...) there are friends and family losing jobs or getting seriously ill at a sobering rate... Anyway a good friend of mine in the building I work at was let go yesterday and even though I was really bummed at first - being here without checking in with him at the guard station in the morning and having everyone come to me and ask if I heard is just so getting more and more upsetting. I work in a building of close to 1,000 people but you know how you create this little 'posse' of 4 or 5? Chuck was in my 'posse'. And I will miss him greatly.

My best friend is going through the same thing on a bigger scale and now I know even more how she feels. Matt had to go through something similar in late winter and since the industry he works in can be pretty fragile in economic hard times, I'm sure he will miss more and more professional contacts in the coming months.

So to all of you who are struggling with the loss of a job my heart goes out to you. Hang in there.