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"Shelly, how's your Brother doing? Is he still working?"

No he was laid off 8/11. He couldn't draw unemployment for a couple of weeks. He got a check on the 15th but it wasn't the usual amount because he gets paid twice a month and he didn't work the full pay period. He also didn't get a full unemployment check for the week of the 11th because he worked the one day. He was going to tap into his 401(k) to pay his bills, but they won't let him. They told him he had to be terminated; an indefinite layoff is not "good" enough. He has paperwork ready to take to a bankruptcy attorney, but doesn't want to do that if he doesn't have to. He has money issues even when he is working. They seriously need to learn how to manage money. He has been sick off and on since he was laid off and I think it is nerves. I feel sorry for him, but I want to shake him at the same time because he shouldn't be in this mess. He made enough that he should have had a cushion to fall back on; instead he is in debt up to his butt.

His ex SIL works at the same place and she says the rumor is that they will be calling back those laid off soon after Labor Day, but that is not the official word so who knows? No one is hiring around here for factory workers. In fact the plant where DBF works is having a big lay off Friday. Hopefully the rumor is true and they will call him back next week because the overall job market doesn't look promising.

My dad was in the hospital again weekend before last. He had pneumonia again. He is at home and better now. I am trying to keep him moving and off the oxygen. He went to Arkansas on the 8th to visit his brother and I think the trip wore him out and he didn't get enough exercise after he got back.

On the plus side my adjustable rate mortgage is going down for the second time in two years! I'm glad the sucky economy is good for something. Now I can use the extra money to buy gas to go to work.