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Date Posted: 20:53:44 09/12/10 Sun
Author: debikm
Subject: I'm so glad you're back!
In reply to:
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's message, "To paraphrase the little girl in Poltergeist, "She's baaaaack!"" on 15:58:50 09/12/10 Sun
I'm sorry you've been going through a lot of stress and if there is anything I can do at all, all you have to do is ask.
Love the snippet. I haven't had much chance to write anything new, hence the recycled post in homework. Maybe soon...
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Thank you, Debi. And here's the scoop >>> -- Page, 16:22:21 09/15/10 Wed
Last month the company where my DH has been employed for over 40 years sold. The new owners didn't seem to want to change things, but they did seem to be balking on our medical insurance. With the old company, DH could keep his insurance after he retired, something we were counting on. But the new company wasn't sure they would keep that in place. So DH started considering retirement. He's just 58, but with so many years in he could retire if he wanted. One problem, though; if he took full retirement, I'd not be able to draw it if, God forbid, something happened to him. And since I'm quite a bit younger than he is, I'm still a long way from being eligible for Social Security. DH was unwilling to do something that would leave me in such a fix, but if he took half retirement it wouldn't be enough to live on and he'd have to either get another job or cash in his 401k. Neither of those was really a viable option. So there we were, between the proverbial rock and hard place.
BUT!
Last week DH was given a huge (and I'm talkin' HUGE) promotion! All his incentives, including insurance, stay the same, his compensation has gone up, and best of all, he'll be working days now! He's been working nights since our girls were little, and I'm thrilled beyond words that's over!
Lemme tell you, though, that kind of stress is wearing. Wondering if we'd have to sell the house, if he'd have to get out there in this economy and look for another job, all that mess just wore us both out. But now things are peachy, and even better than back to normal.
So now I can write again. I didn't have the desire to even try while all that was going on, but now I seem to be bursting with ideas and can't wait to get it all down! So that's why I was gone so long. I'm glad that's over!
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Brilliant! -- Debi, 13:04:47 09/16/10 Thu
I'm glad everything has worked out for the best. And better still, you can start writing again! My desire to write has dropped a HUGE amount since starting school and I can't wait for this class to be over so I can choose my next class more carefully and take something that has a bit more to do with actual writing, not geopolitics and resistance.
What does that mean anyway?
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Page!!!! >>> -- 
Myxtress, 13:09:47 09/16/10 Thu
OMG! How stressful! I'm so glad things turned around in a positive way for you and the DH! Nothing like having your whole world shaken up to leave a person feeling like they're fighting a battle. And it being so out of your control like that? I know it's over, but (((((PAGE))))) anyway!
And now this is just me being curious, so feel free to ignore me, but anytime I hear about an age difference I can't help but wonder how many years is 'quite a bit younger'. And that's because, I'm also in one of those situations myself. There's 16 years between me and my DH, who is also in his fifties, and is contemplating retiring. I used to joke around and say I was his mid-life crisis. *G* Now that I'm a bit older, and think about it, I question what's going to happen when he's retired, and I'm still wanting to work. And then there's the issue of our youngest being in Grade 7 this year. It's seems odd, to me, that she is going to be in high school when he retires. Anyway...
Glad you're back!
Hugs
Esther
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