Puppy By himself

Hello, I must first say this is a wonderful site. I have found much needed info here.

My situation is: We, my fiance and I have a new puppy. Our work scheduels were perfect for him until she was laied off! (and right before Christmas!) Now we will both be working from 8 to 5. Our puppy is only 9 weeks old. I am not going to crate him for 8 hours a day, and I know he will go potty inside if I leave him olone all day. I feel very bad about this, but we can not live on one of us working. I think he would be easily papper trained as he is so smart, but just the fact that he will be alone for that long scares me! I love this dog so much! I don't want to tramatize him. Any Ideas? I did look through the FAQ's for info on this. I found nothing this specific.

Thanks for any help you can provide. As I said before, I have used this site well. He is crate trained, mostly potty trained, and he even will sit, stay, and lay down at 9 weeks old! I credit this to you and all my love. He responds so well to both myself and my fiance.