Re: corngrats I hope :-)

Post #278,573 by bionerd 3/17/07 9:49:32 AM Reply	Re: corngrats I hope :-) You can say congrats. I've been working at home for 6 years. It's been great for the mothering thing, but we've had no benefits. No 401k. No health care. Nothing. And the pay was awful. Each year I've watched my net worth drop. Scary stuff. Plus, the isolation was really getting to me. I'm a people person, dammit! Put me by myself day after day, year after year... well, bad things happen. Always a balancing act. Weighing my needs with those of my kids. It hasnt been easy. So the kids are older now. They can handle me working away from home (I hope). Time to make some changes. There. You've just gotten the tape that's been play through my head for the last couple of months as I've talked myself into doing this.
Post #278,577 by boxley 3/17/07 9:57:36 AM Reply	good, you are ready this time, go get em Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #278,586 by a6l6e6x 3/17/07 11:23:49 AM Reply	Re: "my kids" That was the one unexpressed question I had about this. The last time you "backtracked" it was because of the kids. They are not only older, they are more adaptable then you think. They'll manage. So, no more guilt trips on your part this time! OK? :) Alex When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
Post #278,587 by crazy 3/17/07 11:26:26 AM Reply	I read that a bit wrong adaptable->adoptable
Post #278,588 by Another Scott 3/17/07 11:31:48 AM Reply	:-) You're a bad man! :-)
Post #278,592 by bionerd 3/17/07 12:01:10 PM Reply	You looking for 2 more? Snort :-D
Post #278,591 by bionerd 3/17/07 11:59:54 AM Reply	Ahhh. The last time. The last time I was laid off unexpectedly. I was forced to find something and I wasnt ready. My ex had just picked up and moved to Iowa without telling us, the kids were traumatized. It was a bad, bad time. I'm doing this on my terms now, so the guilt is much less. It's time. Plus, this time around I have a great friend who constantly bombards me with: "Fuck this! Your boss is taking advantage of you! GET OUT! You like being fucked over? You can do this!!" And my all time favorite, "Now that you have a new job you can support me in the manner in which I am accustom to." Yeah. Like that's going to happen.

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