Right now, everything is up in the air.
I received an email this morning from my boss stating that they had to cut pay rates and hourly work for the foreseeable future.
Our industry is so terribly affected by the current world events that we have to basically close down for the time being. There is no end in sight to this financial situation, which means my family and I are pretty worried about finances right now. We absolutely don’t have extra money to spare with my reduced salary and it’s difficult to count on things improving. That being said, I sure wish that we had a little less debt to worry about right now. Obviously, nobody could have predicted this massive pandemic or economic downfall. That’s why, about two months ago my husband and I happily pulled the trigger on upgrading our entire heating and cooling plan in the house. For 5 years we had delayed making this important purchase and shelling out the cash for a professional HVAC installation. Our heating and cooling equipment was easily 20 years old, and we knew that it was destined to break down at any point. We saved up money for years, trying to responsibly replace the furnace and central air conditioning system without putting ourselves in hot water. Just when we had enough money saved up, we called our favorite heating and cooling dealership and arranged the professional installation. Everything went well, and we were happy with the monthly payments that we owed on the brand new technologically advanced heating and cooling system. Then, the market collapsed. Now, we are desperately hoping for some bailout money so we can afford to pay down this fancy HVAC plan.