Thursday

Well, it happened. Sharky got sick and tired of being verbally abused by his Jekyll & Hyde boss and he quit yesterday. The tipping point was when he was accused of blowing out/sabotaging a factory defective tire. Even with the other mechanics backing him up, the boss still went berserk and blamed him. He doesn't even know if he'll get paid for the 3 days worked this week because the boss threatened to take money out of his paycheck to pay for the tire (the tire cost more than 1 week pay). The boss used Sharky as his whipping boy because he was the only one working there that wasn't either a relative or friend, so he was "safe" to attack. Totally horrible job environment to work in.

I feel so sick to my stomach. We were just starting to do well. Sharky's thinking about taking his sister up on a job at her place laying flooring. Her husband was supposed to do it, but they have separated due to his cheating on her (with one of their patients no less). If she needs him, he'll go; if she doesn't, I hope he starts looking for a job. He needs a job that pays well and has health insurance. We cannot go on living without it.

Sharky ran to Mr. DW's house this morning to pick up Patches2, whom we are babysitting. Mr. DW left yesterday, on his way to Beijing for 2 weeks and that's too long for her to be alone, so she'll be staying with us. I know Rupert & Rosie will be fine with her, not too sure about Lucie. She is a neutered female, so she shouldn't be too much of a threat. *fingers crossed*