Changes

Ah...just when you start to feel comfortable, things get shaken up again. Things change. Change is a constant. You either roll with it, or you bog down and get lost or run over.

I've worked full time with Gwinnett County as a temp for ten months, but was told this week that due to budget cuts all temps are being reduced from 40 hours to 20 hours per week. Okay...I personally cannot survive on 20 hours a week. Unless...I drop our health insurance plan.

And you know what would happen if I drop our health insurance plan, me or Chuck would suffer a stroke or heart attack, and Jess would get some terrible virus and need hospitalization.

What to do? You kick into SURVIVAL MODE...that's what!

So....the day after Labor Day my new schedule kicks in...I will work for G.C. two and half days a week and will find another part time job to pick up the other 20 hours....I hope!

Why not find a whole new full time job???? Because with my step-dad having chemo every other week, I need my Wednesdays free to take him to those appointments. We do have other people who could fill in, but the appointments are very involved and a lot of information is exchanged, and I just don't feel comfortable anyone else taking him except myself or my brother or sister-in-law. My brother is currently in school, and hopefully when he finishes up there will find a job. My sister-in-law's own mother is in need of her care, as is another elderly lady who has been ill, plus her own full time job.

I have had a few panic attacks this week...but walking, deep breathing, meditating and praying, has all helped immensely.

So, as it stands now, I will get one more 'full time' pay check and then it goes to half. I have already contacted my car insurance office and upped my collision deductible and cut out everything else I feel is not necessary. If I have to, I will become one of the terrible statistics in this country right now...a person who does not have health insurance. But I am hoping it doesn't come to that. (Oh and yes, my husband is self employed...so no go on that point).

I am scared of the changes which are coming about, but I am thankful for the constants in my life: Family, friends and God.

"HALF"

Please see my post to Ed's Journey...Wonderful news received today!

MRI follow up

We will not get any news on Ed's MRI done on Monday until next Wednesday. The waiting is so hard! Please keep praying for good news!