"Recession"

So Nick and I have always disliked news broadcasts and people saying that we are in a "recession". To us, these assumptions have always seemed a little over dramatic. That is until this week. We know we wrote about our horrible week last blog, but this probably tops it! It turns out that my employer is filing for bankruptcy and has therefore closed down my shop. Along with that he is evidently unable to pay me for an entire months worth of work. That's a big deal for us college kids! It will be another 2-3 weeks before I receive my checks, at the very least.
Thanks to family and friends we were able to get some great legal advice and are now on the road to recovering our money. However it is going to be some time till we see any of it and this has got us thinking... Maybe we are now victims of the "recession". As I have been looking for jobs and asking friends to do the same it is a frightening realization that companies don't need more employees, in fact most places are firing not hiring.
Moral of the story: make sure you are working for a company who is run by trustworthy individuals, make sure you are invaluable in your profession, be financially stable, and lastly realize that this economy is a lot less stable than you realize. We are sorry for not being more sympathetic to others losing their jobs and realize now what a hard place this is.
Lastly we would like to applaud our great-grandparents and their generation for enduring the Great Depression. We know we are suffering a fraction of their problems and have to recognize that they were tough cookies! God bless all of you in similar and worse situations than us and may our government officials find a way to reverse this economic downfall!