Well, one aspect of getting a fulltime gig is going to be big changes in the household schedule. We lose a housekeeper, cook, and errand boy (not that I was any good at the first of those tasks) but gain the wherewithal to replace at least the first one.
I’ll be seeing less of my kids’ smiling (or bickering) faces. But since the days are drawing out now, we’ll see what fun we can have when we are together.
It looks like I’ll be running a VPN or some other secure connection to make K’s work more flexible: CPAs are rather busy at this time of year, after all. If she can work from home some of the time, it’ll make life easier.
I’ll be dropping my part-time school job, but there was someone else interested in it, so that will work out. And they can benefit from my experience in figuring out how to get paid, since no one told me any of that information.
But now that we’re used to getting by on one income, the extra cash will be good to have. The real reason for the job is benefits and lots of ’em. Universities take care of their people that way, which makes up for the less than competitive salaries (I’ve never had some repeatedly apologize for the offered salary before now).
We’ve already agreed to celebrate Christmas on our anniversary, since by then we’ll have the money: the adult gifts were very thin this year (we had a $20 budget each). We can make up for that a bit . . . . .