Tony and his boss are laying off two guys right now. Today.

They have to; there is no choice in the matter. And, it looks like they will be laying off two or three more in a month or two. The price of natural gas is so low that drilling companies are stopping drilling and laying rigs down left and right, and it hurts everyone involved. He is so worried that it will get so bad he will lose his job... we are for sure looking at a pay cut within the next few months. Time to stick to a budget and start saving everything we can.... This is crazy. I just hate it because he has worked SO hard for this position, and now it looks like he will have to go back to the position he was in before because of the economy, or possibly lose his job if it gets that bad. We will be ok, I mean we don't have a ton of bills and we didn't go crazy when he got his big raise and promotion. But, the only bills we can pay with my measly pay are mortgage (including taxes and insurance) and home utilities. That's IT. And we all know what the job market is like right now.
There are a ton of people out there in much worse situations than ours, I realize this. That's why I am grateful that we have some time (who knows how much) to prepare.

Trying not to stress.....