Good News: The west Texas job has been tabled. After all the hooplah, they have said "Not at this time." They've left open future possibilities, but it won't be there and it won't be now.

Bad News: That was the only seemingly viable prospect for employment in the near future.

So, I'm happy and... well, not sad... just concerned about our shrinking financial resources without prospects for remedy (and lack of insurance, and general uncertainty of where we'll live, and... bleh).

Was the Universe listening after all? If so, the Powers That Be got the message that I didn't want to live in west Texas. Are they working on a way for me to stay here? Could they maybe hurry it up a little before we run out of money?

I once again state the perfect scenario whereby Spouse gets his old job back after that store is bought out by another group and then Spouse proceeds to eat the old employer's lunch through fierce competition. *nodnod* We'd like that. We'd get to stay right here. It would be quite poetic.