Sheryl
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Our first real step into ER is now only 28 days away. SO has given his notice, and there's nothing left to do but change health plans and roll over the 401(k). He claims to be too engrossed in the push of finishing up his final project to even think about the change, but I'm not.
I'm excited, but worried about how it will all play out. Certainly there will be some huge changes around here. He's always worked a minimum of five twelve hour days, more often it stretches into six days and fourteen hours. Now he'll be around the house 24/7.
He has lists of projects a mile long, and I know I'm looking forward to the help around the house, since I'm going to keep working 35-40 hours.
Health and health insurance are the biggest conundrum we face. To people who know us, it seems a little backward that I have the health issues but he quits working. He feels funny about that too, but it feels right to me. I need him at home more than I need to be at home myself. And I'm just not quite ready to leave my career behind. We don't really need the income, but we do need the health insurance. Company will pay for SO as my "spouse" and now that I'm unhealthy and uninsurable individually, I feel like I need to keep working. [Can we all see the irony here?]
Continuing to work will not only bring in my income, but save us $1,500 a month or so on insurance premiums.
But hey! This post was not supposed to be about health insurance. It was about the excitement and anticipation of the impending ER date. I'm feeling sort of nostalgic, even maudlin, about all the support, camaraderie and information I've found on this board over the last three years. If I had not read about others doing it I don't think we would have had the confidence to jump into these unknown waters.
In celebration, I'm putting this post in Life After Fire, instead of Young Dreamers.
I'm excited, but worried about how it will all play out. Certainly there will be some huge changes around here. He's always worked a minimum of five twelve hour days, more often it stretches into six days and fourteen hours. Now he'll be around the house 24/7.
He has lists of projects a mile long, and I know I'm looking forward to the help around the house, since I'm going to keep working 35-40 hours.
Health and health insurance are the biggest conundrum we face. To people who know us, it seems a little backward that I have the health issues but he quits working. He feels funny about that too, but it feels right to me. I need him at home more than I need to be at home myself. And I'm just not quite ready to leave my career behind. We don't really need the income, but we do need the health insurance. Company will pay for SO as my "spouse" and now that I'm unhealthy and uninsurable individually, I feel like I need to keep working. [Can we all see the irony here?]
Continuing to work will not only bring in my income, but save us $1,500 a month or so on insurance premiums.
But hey! This post was not supposed to be about health insurance. It was about the excitement and anticipation of the impending ER date. I'm feeling sort of nostalgic, even maudlin, about all the support, camaraderie and information I've found on this board over the last three years. If I had not read about others doing it I don't think we would have had the confidence to jump into these unknown waters.
In celebration, I'm putting this post in Life After Fire, instead of Young Dreamers.