I finally decided to settle my curiosity and measure the living room and bedroom. The living room is approximately 21 x 13 and the bedroom is about 16 x 13. Pretty big rooms.

The bad news is that although they say they’re trying really hard not to, people may be getting laid off at work. As it is, December’s such a slow month that they’re allowing people time off who want it and can afford to take it, and they’re only going to work half a day today. They might even cut down to 4 days a week, so Tom’s going to be hunting for a new job ASAP.

The good news is that our rent’s paid for this month, so if worse came to worst and they let him go right now, we’re paid up throughout the month, then we’d probably have to be about a month late before they gave us a 30-day notice, so we should have a roof over our heads at least until March, and by then he should certainly have a new job unless something up there really wants us to suffer as if we haven’t done so enough already.

For my 39th birthday tomorrow, we’re gonna put all our curses aside and have some fun. Well, it’ll certainly be more fun for me than for him, but we’re going to spend a few bucks since we’re so broke anyway. We’re going to go to the dollar store, to K-Mart for those cheap imitation perfumes I like, to see if Jan’s open and I can get some incense, to buy a few books at a thrift store, and for some Chinese food.