The plan is that my daughter Katrina will marry her fiance, Peter Maurer, one year from today. She, Janelle, and my mother are all deeply immersed in planning for the day. They are figuring out venue, table runners, cakes, etc. while Peter is working on the honeymoon (which is to be a surprise to everyone). Meanwhile, we are trying to figure out travel arrangements, dog-sitting/house-sitting scenarios, and finances.
This is a bit more difficult as my employment is still in question. We know that school is scheduled to end on the 23rd of May next year (barring any snow days tacked on at the end), but we are not certain if I will be following that calendar. Will the job I find myself taking (should I have a job at all) be a year-round position? How might that affect not just our finances, but also our travel arrangements?
Already, we've had to sign up for insurance through Janelle's work since, for reasons that drive me a bit insane, my coverage drops at the end of this month. I think that even if I were to be hired back to my same position today, I would still have an insurance gap until my first day of school. I was surprised by this problem. I'm hoping that there are not more surprises headed my direction because of this.
As far as planning out a year ahead is concerned, we are still operating under the assumption that someone in the area will hire me for at least this coming school year. Hopefully, I will not have to take more extreme measures to keep our family afloat. However, I was disappointed to see our state legislature extend into a second special session today, putting the jobs of many state employees in peril as a state shutdown looms at the end of this month. Hopefully, they get their act together soon. I still have a lot of planning to do.
This is a bit more difficult as my employment is still in question. We know that school is scheduled to end on the 23rd of May next year (barring any snow days tacked on at the end), but we are not certain if I will be following that calendar. Will the job I find myself taking (should I have a job at all) be a year-round position? How might that affect not just our finances, but also our travel arrangements?
Already, we've had to sign up for insurance through Janelle's work since, for reasons that drive me a bit insane, my coverage drops at the end of this month. I think that even if I were to be hired back to my same position today, I would still have an insurance gap until my first day of school. I was surprised by this problem. I'm hoping that there are not more surprises headed my direction because of this.
As far as planning out a year ahead is concerned, we are still operating under the assumption that someone in the area will hire me for at least this coming school year. Hopefully, I will not have to take more extreme measures to keep our family afloat. However, I was disappointed to see our state legislature extend into a second special session today, putting the jobs of many state employees in peril as a state shutdown looms at the end of this month. Hopefully, they get their act together soon. I still have a lot of planning to do.
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