Anyone else watch, in total fear and disgust, the stock market crash yesterday? I haven't checked any financial news this morning - I can't handle any more bad news right now.
I don't have a lot of money invested in the stock market. Sure, my 401K is filled with stocks - none of which are financial stocks. Since I don't plan on retiring for, oh, another 30+ years, I'm feeling comfortable that my retirement isn't going to be squandered by this economic situation. Yet I worry about my mother who is already on retirement. She is physically disabled and cannot simply go back to work. She doesn't have 30 years to wait this out.
We've been lucky to have the ability to pay of our credit cards every month, not be required to clip coupons to feed our family, and have a 30-yr fixed mortgage that won't change interest rates. But I still worry. I worry about if Neville and I could be facing lay-offs as the high-tech industry will eventually be affected by yesterday's news. I worry that we haven't saved enough.
I pulled out some steaks last night for dinner. While Neville was rushing through eating to finish a project in the garage, I told him to slow down. "This is your last steak dinner for a while." Until I know that we are going to be OK, spending in this house is frozen.
