Argh, Plei. Wish I had something more helpful to say.

I rarely find other people's probably-good news uplifting, but here's a bit of fate-tempting from my world.

There's a facility near here that does a lot of living history things, "see the farm animals, watch the quaint Old West crafts" etc. They've moved into medieval type things, and they're going to start a joisting school. Yup, full-bore, put on armor, get on a horse, have at it. They've been working with various people in the local SCA group, and everytime someone at the facility talks about the armor, the SCAers say, "Well, I know some, but "Connie's Husband" really knows his stuff." After the third repetition of "Connie's Husband knows more than I do, the PTBs at the facility said, "Find him, bring him down here."

This weekend he goes down to chat with them about mass production and repair of armor. A consulting fee has been mentioned. Hints have been hinted about an ongoing situation. Hubby was describing the tools they have down there, and he says he could do the fancy, arty stuff that lives in his head if he could get hold of that stuff.

So, if the upcoming surgeries go as well as the doctors say and if the living history folks are as impressed with him as they should be, he could be looking at employment that would use skills he's spent 35 years honing.

I wish I wasn't afraid of hope.

I'm so sorry, Plei. All I can say, and I don't know how comforting this is, is that you will somehow manage, because you'll have to. It's not the best situation, it's not where you wanted to be now, but you will get through it.

Is there anyone you can borrow from, or untapped credit in the house, perhaps?

I'll hope for you, connie. That sounds like a wonderful opportunity.

No state disablity at all??

Not that I'm aware of, nope.

Plei, I know it's no help at all, but I've been feeling pretty "I'm so financially screwed" lately, too.

We should find a bank with poor security and a lot of cash.

Sigh.

Thanks, everyone. I hate money related meltdowns the most.

We should find a bank with poor security and a lot of cash.

Or a speeding armored car with faulty rear doors should dash around a corner in front of you. Though with my luck it'd be a bag of pennies that landed in front of me.

Money woes are the absolute fucking worst. I wish I had even the smallest bit of advice. Money~ma, Plei.

connie, like -t said, I'll hope for you and dh also.

Yay for short Emmett surgery!

We should find a bank with poor security and a lot of cash.

I like this plan.

PMM, lots of manage-ma to your household.

connie, it's always uplifting to hear about a gainfully-employed armourer. I hope that situation works out for your hubby.

Here's hoping that armourer gig works out for the hubby.