and we'll fall asleep....counting our blessings

so we spent all of yesterday wondering if will was going to have a job or not.  we found out monday that his company was going to be having lay-offs.  we weren't really worried.  will's pretty good at his job and his salt lake territory is a pretty big market.  then came the big day and one by one he was hearing of people on his team getting let go.  the guy from reno.  then from denver.  will's boss (whom he highly regarded) from seattle.  it wasn't looking good.  will's call wasn't until 2 in the afternoon.  so we had to wait a long time.  his call was short, 5 minutes at best.  they told him he was staying on, but that his job would completely change.  he'll only be involved in the martindale-hubble end, no longer lexis-nexis.  he'll only be selling client development, no more research.  (which is quite a big deal.)  and the worst point about it:  his new territory includes spokane and boise.  that means he'll be travelling to those cities every other week.  ugh!  will and i have always agreed that he'd never take a job that meant he'd regularly have to be away from our family. 

but he didn't really 'take' it.  they just gave it to him without asking if he wanted it.  it isn't ideal.  it's not our idea of a happy work situation.  but it's a job.  and he still has a paycheck and benefits.  that's a lot more than many can say after yesterday.  so even though we're a little bummed about the changes, we're very thankful he is still employed. 

he has to travel to L.A. on monday to begin new meetings with new bosses and get new training for all of this good stuff.  but on a bright side- we don't have anything going on this monday night.  every other monday in december we have tickets to plays, polar express, choir concerts....so it actually worked out well for us. 

the following monday we're going as a family to pioneer theater to see the play 'white christmas'.  it is one of my most favorite christmas movies.  i hope it's good on stage.  it's hard to compete with bing crosby and the andrew sisters, right?