Well, remember the last post, where I asked that things please settle down? The universe laughed. My kidlette recently told me she is expecting. That's right. Early December, shortly after my 55th birthday, my first GREAT grandbaby will be born. You read that right. I will be 55 in October and my oldest grand daughter will be having her first baby in early December. This child will have 4 grandmothers, 2 grandfathers, 4 great grandmothers, 3 great grandfathers, 4 great great grandmothers and 2 great great grandfathers, if I counted right. It's conceivable that my mother could be a great great great grandmother, if this child has a child by it's early 20's. My mother is only 74, with a family history of most of her ancestors living well into their late 90's.
Wow. It's so hard to wrap my brain around. I know many people my age who have teen age children. Still, I have no doubts about her ability to parent. She is pretty mature, since finding out, even before she told us, she did research to find out what she needed to do to ensure the baby the healthiest possible start. She even researched her prescription meds to find out which ones she should stop taking. She has been being careful to only eat things that are healthy, getting plenty of sleep, and making plans. She is doing awesome. Her fiance is also very excited. It never entered his head to run. We had a talk today about starting my kidlette on his insurance in July.
Still, I'm going to be a freaking GREAT grandma! How the heck did I get old enough for this to happen????
Well, hubby still hasn't found a job for sure yet. He passed on the other job offer because it was too much of a pay cut, and then with no insurance it was just not going to work. He's interviewed at another local company, and they want him back for another round We don't know about benefits or salary yet, have to wait till they make an offer. So we will keep on keeping on, life continues, the world keeps turning. Hope to see you all soon.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Thursday, April 9, 2015
I'm back
Well, it's been a while. I didn't realize so much time has gone by. I see I've had some visitors, thanks for stopping by. Things between Hubby and I are going fairly well.
Unfortunately, the company he works for was bought by a Canadian company. They are closing the financial department, so Hubby got notice that he is being laid off as of 5/31. This brings so many things into play. He has interviewed and is negotiating for a job at another local company. Big problem is that they don't offer health insurance. No problem, right? Just go to the Health Marketplace, the Affordable Care Act will make it easy and affordable to keep him covered in case he has more heart issues. Except Congress's idea of what is affordable and mine are very, very different. The lowest cost one we could find is $600 a month with a $3000 deductible!!! That's approx. 1/5 of our income just for his insurance! How the hell is that affordable??? Add in that this new job's salary is $13000 less than he currently earns.
I'm so tired of being strong, I want desperately for someone else to take over. There has been so much stress in my life for the last 5 years or so, it never seems to stop. I want to run so bad. I want to have no responsibilities, There seems no where I can just let the tears out, no place I can just fall apart.
At least my insurance is easy to switch. I had to take some paperwork to Social Security today, my Medicare will start up as of May 1. I have found several different plans that will be from $0 to $50 above the $104 monthly Medicare premium. I was in and out of the Social Security office in about 1/2 hour with everything settled. I had a really bad panic attack while I was there, but I managed to get through it.
Ah, well, I need to get busy with some more errands, Goddess, I pray things settle down, I'm really not sure how I am standing up under all this pressure, I really need things to settle down soon.
Unfortunately, the company he works for was bought by a Canadian company. They are closing the financial department, so Hubby got notice that he is being laid off as of 5/31. This brings so many things into play. He has interviewed and is negotiating for a job at another local company. Big problem is that they don't offer health insurance. No problem, right? Just go to the Health Marketplace, the Affordable Care Act will make it easy and affordable to keep him covered in case he has more heart issues. Except Congress's idea of what is affordable and mine are very, very different. The lowest cost one we could find is $600 a month with a $3000 deductible!!! That's approx. 1/5 of our income just for his insurance! How the hell is that affordable??? Add in that this new job's salary is $13000 less than he currently earns.
I'm so tired of being strong, I want desperately for someone else to take over. There has been so much stress in my life for the last 5 years or so, it never seems to stop. I want to run so bad. I want to have no responsibilities, There seems no where I can just let the tears out, no place I can just fall apart.
At least my insurance is easy to switch. I had to take some paperwork to Social Security today, my Medicare will start up as of May 1. I have found several different plans that will be from $0 to $50 above the $104 monthly Medicare premium. I was in and out of the Social Security office in about 1/2 hour with everything settled. I had a really bad panic attack while I was there, but I managed to get through it.
Ah, well, I need to get busy with some more errands, Goddess, I pray things settle down, I'm really not sure how I am standing up under all this pressure, I really need things to settle down soon.
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