Comments | mjhamilton: Query....

mjhamilton

Query....

Mar 08, 2007 18:09

Does anyone know anything about Attleboro, MA?

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kysmom March 9 2007, 01:06:37 UTC

No? Why?

mjhamilton March 9 2007, 16:22:30 UTC

We need to move to a cheaper apartment. I'm not making enough money after paying daycare to justify working. The thought of leaving her with someone else for 50 hours a week is killing me as it is.

kysmom March 9 2007, 16:41:46 UTC

So maybe you should take a few years off? Then instead of breaking even, you won't have to be torchured by daycare? Or tutor? Is that an option?

mjhamilton March 9 2007, 16:54:54 UTC

That is pretty much what I've been thinking. We need a place to live that we can afford with just Wil's salary for it to work. I can definitely tutor, but I'd like to have the necessary living expenses covered by Wil's income. My tutoring money could be used for extras (eating out, etc) and/or paying off debt faster.

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cmprince March 9 2007, 01:46:14 UTC

According to the wikipedia article, it's known for having a higher than average cancer rate.

caroledalphin March 9 2007, 04:00:20 UTC

It's one heck of a long way from where either of you works. what's up?
Steve & Masako lived closer to the city & it still took Steve two hours on the train one way to get into Boston.

mjhamilton March 9 2007, 16:02:13 UTC

It's a 50 minute train ride for Wil to get to work from there, and the rents and house prices are much, much less than where we live. We need to move to a less expensive apartment. I am only going to clear $113 a week after paying daycare, and I see no sense in putting Katie in daycare 50 hours a week to make next to nothing. (and the $113 is without factoring in gas, teaching supplies, and the necessary work clothes) I can tutor from home a few hours a week and make more money than that, even if I hire a teenager to watch Katie while I tutor. Oh, and we have to pay taxes on all the income going to the daycare lady--and it is pushing us into a higher tax bracket.

mjhamilton March 9 2007, 16:20:19 UTC

Oh, and it already takes Wil 50 minutes one-way to work from our current residence.

caroledalphin March 9 2007, 16:41:33 UTC

You are so good at looking at all the pros & cons, Melissa. John & I were talkig about all this yesterday & we both agree with you that working outside the home for so little recompense while putting a tiny baby in the care of others & in an environment where she can get sick from other little ones, just isn't worth the price you must pay. If you can stay home & be the mommy who tutors while Katie is able to sleep in her own bed & be with her own mommy, I think that's the best of the best.

Have you been to Attleboro to look around?

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