Organizing thoughts and general randomness...

[wowomom]

I went with the fishing reel for Joe's christmas present. Also got him a jar of cashew butter and socks and underwear. Maddie has a bilibo (which I'm not entirely sure she'll like but if she doesn't I think the big girls will so meh) and a big tonka-type front scooping truck, Joe wanted to get her a "my first big wheel" or the "bounce bounce tigger

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[mi_er]

That's definately worrying, I know you've talked about it here before. Does he get upset when you talk about it?

I've started keeping track of my finances, I found some great spreadsheets online somewhere.

[wowomom]

Right now he just works himself into an emotional corner when I bring it up. He knows I'm worried about his health. A big (HUGE) part of the problem though is his work situation. He feels very obligated to keep the job he has because the pay is good. However, in my opinion there's more to a job than a good paycheck, he leaves home just after 7am and the earliest he's gotten back to the house this week is 6:30. He doesn't feel like he can take any vacation days because when he's gone they don't do his work, so if he leaves for a week he has two weeks of work to do upon return, and that's not relaxing. I don't know what to do about it. I could get a job rather than staying home with the kids so that he could get demoted to a less stressful position. The problem is that I'm not going to find something that will pay enough to be worth it. We have $250 dollars a week of child care expenses, there are very few jobs around here that I could get that would pay enough to be worth me working. It's a screwed up situaion. He wants

[rensong]

I have no advice or words of wisdom, just sending lots of {{{{hugs}}}} your way.

[wowomom]

Thanks. It's not so terrible as it sounded. Or at least I don't feel like it is...

Perhaps that's just impending graduation and a chance to get my feet under me in a new capacity speaking... :)

[zestfive]

I don't want him to follow in the well laid path of his father and grandfather and die in his mid 40s.

This so true, and it would be so hard for me to not over take care of him regarding this.

Please do take pictures of that "lovely" sweater! :-)