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Brians first day of work :long:
was not at all what we expected.
When he was offered the job we were under the impression that he would be working out of a local base (5 miles from home) getting a company car and traveling to and from locations but being home every evening. come to find out that there is no job at that location and the military union rep is going to "try" to get him based at base in Seattle (45 minutes from home) Not really a big deal but still not what we expected.
here is the kicker. we were told there would be SOME travel, as in a couple times a year traveling for 2 weeks at a time out of state from training and schooling. We were good with that. we could get my folks to watch tht ekids the extra hours and all would be fine. Turns out he may be traveling alot! like gone a whole week or more at a time. He could be gone a week at a time or 8 days at a time and then get either a couple days off to up to 6 days off. And not just a couple times a year. the way they made it sound it could be a couple times a month! While we could handle it its not our favorite idea.
Problem is if he is going to be gone that much there is no way I can get my folks or my sister to watch the kids 5 days a week 6-7 hours a night for $100. Thats the amount we were going to pay my sister to watch them for a few hours everyday for the overlap untill Brian gets home. I cant afford to pay more than that for sitting as I only make $300 a week. This job for him this job pays half of what he used to make in elevators (but there is no work there, he is still on the bench) and its not enough for me to stay home full time again.
We are back to thinking about selling the car (that money could make it easier for me to stay home, now that he is working try to refinance our mortgage, although our loan amount is more than our house is worth now. I was also thinking I could find a daytime job that pays what I made before I quit to SAH and then find daycare for the boys 5 days a week. But finding a job in this economy is tough and I dont know how long that will take and what if he starts traveling next week?
I called a few daycares today to get pricing and some info and I am going to go down to the jobsource tomorrow and find out about a job I saw posted. I guess we just wait and see and take it one step at a time.
I thought Brian getting a job was going to take the stress off but it turns out its making life more stressful! If he wasnt on his 2nd extension with no idea if the govt will extend again, I would tell him to stay unemployed but really we need the benefits and the extra cash.
Thanks for reading this far. I just have so many thoughts in my head right now I dont know what to do. Time to go refigure our budget yet again!
When he was offered the job we were under the impression that he would be working out of a local base (5 miles from home) getting a company car and traveling to and from locations but being home every evening. come to find out that there is no job at that location and the military union rep is going to "try" to get him based at base in Seattle (45 minutes from home) Not really a big deal but still not what we expected.
here is the kicker. we were told there would be SOME travel, as in a couple times a year traveling for 2 weeks at a time out of state from training and schooling. We were good with that. we could get my folks to watch tht ekids the extra hours and all would be fine. Turns out he may be traveling alot! like gone a whole week or more at a time. He could be gone a week at a time or 8 days at a time and then get either a couple days off to up to 6 days off. And not just a couple times a year. the way they made it sound it could be a couple times a month! While we could handle it its not our favorite idea.
Problem is if he is going to be gone that much there is no way I can get my folks or my sister to watch the kids 5 days a week 6-7 hours a night for $100. Thats the amount we were going to pay my sister to watch them for a few hours everyday for the overlap untill Brian gets home. I cant afford to pay more than that for sitting as I only make $300 a week. This job for him this job pays half of what he used to make in elevators (but there is no work there, he is still on the bench) and its not enough for me to stay home full time again.
We are back to thinking about selling the car (that money could make it easier for me to stay home, now that he is working try to refinance our mortgage, although our loan amount is more than our house is worth now. I was also thinking I could find a daytime job that pays what I made before I quit to SAH and then find daycare for the boys 5 days a week. But finding a job in this economy is tough and I dont know how long that will take and what if he starts traveling next week?
I called a few daycares today to get pricing and some info and I am going to go down to the jobsource tomorrow and find out about a job I saw posted. I guess we just wait and see and take it one step at a time.
I thought Brian getting a job was going to take the stress off but it turns out its making life more stressful! If he wasnt on his 2nd extension with no idea if the govt will extend again, I would tell him to stay unemployed but really we need the benefits and the extra cash.
Thanks for reading this far. I just have so many thoughts in my head right now I dont know what to do. Time to go refigure our budget yet again!
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Dawn - Wife of Brian 09/25/2005 - Mother of Eli Jace 03/12/2007 and Kai Evan 10/17/08
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Re: Brians first day of work :long:
TTC #2 for a million years: SA normal, CD 23 bloodwork shows nothing amiss, ovulation detected. Next step: ? maybe CD3 bloodwork to check eggs? All out of pocket, so limited IF tests/treatments.
Jen - Mom to Jillian (10/2008) and Hayden (4/2010)
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