Okay, so things have happened since we last spoke. Rich got word that his work group at Nokia Siemens Networks is being shut down in June, one of our dogs died, my sister is being forced to retire and her cat died, and my beloved Stars didn't make it into the Stanley Cup playoffs. I've been busy.
The most pressing thing –- well, of the ones that require action on our part -– is Rich losing his job. (Hard to have more impact than the dog dying, but there's nothing left to do about that.) Fortunately we were more or less prepared for at, at least financially. When we sold our house in San Antonio we put a chunk of money in a CD for this very situation. And he'll also get a generous separation package from NSN. So we don't have to worry about how we're going to pay the bills this week, thank goodness. What we're not prepared for is moving.
It's not the idea of relocating that's the problem. We're both fairly open to living somewhere else. But the fact is that home maintenance is lower on both our lists than it should be. Way lower. Way lower. We both almost always have better things to do than cleaning and repairs, and we tend to put them off until not doing them is no longer an option. (The last two fence repairs that Rich has done have involved replacing sections that were actually falling down.) And now is when we pay the price for that. There are tons of things that need doing around the house, and we may or may not have much time to get them done before we have to put it on the market.
So we're certainly hoping we can stay in the Metroplex, but we don't really know where we'll end up. And having to start over again with my business is a whole other story.
On a more positive note, I finished the Stars mittens!
Of course, if we end up moving, it's going to be expensive to fly back for games so I can wear them....
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