Grandparents Raising Children Support Group
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I work at a local School District and July 2009 I was bumped from my job position from a employee who had bumping rights and who had more years then me. What this means is this employee took my job position I was given 3 school sites to choose from however; these jobs were 9 months not 12 month job so I loose income. Plus, the job at the school site is very stressful and demanding. For me it was also hurtful to my neck injury because the phone system and the layout for me in the school office. Also the office manager who I work with has very bad back problems and she would make me do most of her job along with my own job demands.
Well, now what has happen is the employee who bumped me back in Xmas 2009 abandoned the job and the district offered me back my job. This is great however; even thou it is more money I won't have the time off that I did love with my GS I won't be able to have him home for the summer break...So, yes it is a better job and less stressful it too has downfalls to it.
This is still stressful because it is just another ongoing change in my life...it seems once I start to get comfortable something happens that I have to solve or take time from my Me time to fix or get use to.
I also received a call from our tenants who told me they bought a house and will be moving out. Now I have to screen tenants and I am sure clean and get this house ready to rent again. We wish we could sell it however, we refi'd it almost 3 yrs ago and even then we only refi'd it $100 thousand less then the market and sure enough that area has gone down so much that it is now upside down around $20 thousand.
Plus, another stress is we are throwng a Halloween party for my 13 & 11 yr olds with a DJ and maybe well over 50 guests. The reason I am doing a party this big party is because my girls b-days are around Xmas and they never get a party with friends because folks are brought and out of town. So, I promised them this year I would through them a halloween party.
Judi
Well, now what has happen is the employee who bumped me back in Xmas 2009 abandoned the job and the district offered me back my job. This is great however; even thou it is more money I won't have the time off that I did love with my GS I won't be able to have him home for the summer break...So, yes it is a better job and less stressful it too has downfalls to it.
This is still stressful because it is just another ongoing change in my life...it seems once I start to get comfortable something happens that I have to solve or take time from my Me time to fix or get use to.
I also received a call from our tenants who told me they bought a house and will be moving out. Now I have to screen tenants and I am sure clean and get this house ready to rent again. We wish we could sell it however, we refi'd it almost 3 yrs ago and even then we only refi'd it $100 thousand less then the market and sure enough that area has gone down so much that it is now upside down around $20 thousand.
Plus, another stress is we are throwng a Halloween party for my 13 & 11 yr olds with a DJ and maybe well over 50 guests. The reason I am doing a party this big party is because my girls b-days are around Xmas and they never get a party with friends because folks are brought and out of town. So, I promised them this year I would through them a halloween party.
Judi
Just when I'm feeling like there is a light, possibly, in some small way - at the end of the tunnel concerning my situation with my GS, my 20 yo daughter tells me she's pregnant. Not married; living at home; not supporting herself; BF has a job but doesn't seem to know how to manage any money. It's never ending worries and stress. If it's not a job, it's a family situation, or a financial crisis, or a death or another birth. It just keeps on comin'. All we can do is try to take one day at a time and minimize the damages and look to God to help get us through.
Blessings, my friend!
I've also learned to pare back just about everything to keep my sanity. We declared a moratorium on extravagant birthday parties. From now on it's just uncles, aunts, and cousins at our house for a couple of hours. No more Chuck E Cheese, BounceU, etc.
Even Christmas is going to be simpler this year. No adult presents - just the kids.
Wherever we can shave an hour off, wherever we can make a trip to the store accomplish more than one thing, we do it. I cook up casseroles on the weekend and freeze them so we don't have to order out as much.
Any way we can reduce stress is a good thing. There's enough of it being thrown at us even when we aren't responsible! LOL
I had a patch of about 2 months where nothing major went wrong and I was beginning to relax a little - WRONG!!!
ROFL!! (well, CMEOROFL) (crying my eyes out rolling on floor laughing) :P