'Nother silver lining (from last night actually).

Before my wife's position was eliminated they cut her from full-time to part-time status. This lasted a whole three days before they cut the position entirely. This way their "generous two week severance package" was based on two weeks of part time instead of full time hours.

BUT! The paperwork came in the mail for my wife's unemployment benefits. Turns out they based the calculations on July 08 to June 09. So her unemployment benefit will be MORE than what she would have pulled in working part time at the clinic. Plus we don't have the fuel bill for her car going that far every day.

'Nother silver lining for me today.

Went to get my eye exam and to see about replacing the lenses in my current frames. Found out they have to send these frames in for servicing (and I'm really blind without my glasses). So I had to order entirely new glasses instead ($250+).

Silver lining? The new glasses come with mag-attached sunglasses covers (that you can't really even tell are there when they're attached), I'll get to send my current pair in for new lenses, they can replace the lenses in my broken Rx sunglasses. Once all that is said and done I can probably turn it into my homeowners insurance after all since it'll be more than my deductible! Three new pairs of prescription glasses and two of them will serve as prescription sun specs.