Newtons Third Law formally put; For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Simply put; Go to Disneyland and have the time of your life and come home to your world falling apart.
Before we dive into that, let it be known that we worked so hard to make it to Disneyland. It all began in 2015 when I first tried to take my family to Disneyland. One bad caramel corn "business" later, we never made it. The second attempt was in 2017. I felt like I let everyone down when we had to cancel our hotel reservations and face the reality that we'd never scrap up enough to go that year. Shayne had taken a pay cut at Pepsi where he was employed at the time and we were barely making ends meet. Disneyland would have to wait again.
In November 2018, it came up again. We took the idea and decided that no matter what, 2019 would be the year. It would be a celebration of all we had accomplished the year I went back to school - a task not easy on any of us. I made the reservations for our hotel the first week it was mentioned, and never looked back. We paid for it little by little, and by June 2019, it seemed a miracle had happened. It was finally happening. A dream come true.
We went to Disneyland June 18th-25th and had the time of our lives! I loved seeing the kids faces as they rode each ride and took in all the wonder of it all. Each moment seemed better than the last. We met characters, rode everything on our bucket list, took tons of pictures, and even spent a day at Huntington Beach. It was probably the best time we'd ever had as a family. Everyone was happy. We never wanted it to end. I'm so glad that we went worry free and without stress of anything back home.
After every vacation, there's a normal amount of post vacation blues. It's hard getting back into normal life! ... But when you come home and you are welcomed back by being laid off, it makes it extra hard. Pepsi was doing layoffs and Shayne didn't make the cut. To make things worse, they terminated our health insurance the day he was laid off (not good when you're down to your last bottle of insulin), our Explorer didn't pass emissions and needed $200-400 in repairs, and I was denied the request for new hours to spend more time with my kids. It seemed that everything good that we had just experienced was being counter acted by opposite reactions.
It stinks...
HOWEVER. The Munns' are fighters. We don't give in easily, and we NEVER stop fighting. Here's the good news. Shayne already had a job. That's right, he was still employed at Maverick, his Pepsi off-season weekend job. Something told him that he should keep in good standing with them, working every other week even if just for a day. He started working for them full time last Friday, July 12th. He had heard about the lay-offs, and the week before he was given the punch in the gut, he started to apply for new endeavors. He's already had interviews and we're extremely hopeful that we will have him in a better fit soon. He is already on Maverick's health insurance (praise heaven!), and it seems that everything is going to be ok. Tighter than most months, but doable.
So - take that Newtons Third Law. The Munns' are going to give you an opposite reaction right back! We will bounce back from this.
Afterall... "Every situation in life is temporary. So, when life is good, make sure you receive it and enjoy it fully. And when life is not good, remember that it will not last forever and that better days are on the way." - Unknown.
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