All OT is cut

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by judy

Dear Gayle,

You're so right about the "system." My daughter has MS and it took five years and 3 appeals for her to get disability. The second judge was told by whoever was in charge to approve it for her, and he did not! Her third appeal took so much time, but the approval went right through.

She did get a hefty check though. They had to give her five years back disability!

I'd like to get my hands on that judge's neck, who denied her second appeal. What a jerk. I'd also like to get my hands on the neck of the judge who decided that $50/month was sufficient child support when her father and I got divorced! That comes to $12.50/week.

This is why I believe in taking care of myself.

Haley, I also just began to put $100/check into savings. I used to put $200 in, but I stopped. I think I'm going to up it to $200.

JUdy i'm trying so hard, i'm trying to save up for a bigger house for my son, our house was ok when it was Mike and I, but it is a small house, hopefully i get a good price for it, everything is almost remolded in that house, all updated...
i at least want 20% down, hopefully before Micah starts school we will have a new house for him... i want to move back to my home town, the new mayor is cleaning up the drugs there - there was just a big drug bust in the paper last week, so they know he means business, so hopefully the drugs will be gone by the time i move back, plus i want to be closer to my sister and mother...
Ever year when Mike and I get a raise i up it 50 bucks... i never budget in raises... then after i get the house i'll start my money markets... for retirement...

[HALEY]

i remember Mike was on short term disibility at one time, and we waited forever to get those checks, i remember i called his payroll office and asked for the phone number and called that lady up bitching up a storm, i had the check within two days. that is a bunch of bull, he paid into disibility for 16 years, and they want to hold his checks like that when he needed them! I told that lady off... i told her my bills were piling up, they needed paid today!!
Same with unemployement, you have a waiting week, what the heck is that for? your unemployed why should you have to wait for your money! then you sign up and wait some more.

[HALEY]

come to think of it- the same thing happen when i was pregnant, its not called maternity leave anymore, its called short term disability, i had all my paperwork filled out, called payroll to see if they needed anything else from me before i went on maternity leave, and then i still had to wait a couple days....

[Tiramisu]

A suggestion on OT: I grew up with my Dad working lots of OT and I vividly remember him telling me not to figure OT into a budget. He said you should never count on it as part of your income, so you don't miss it when you don't work it. I've been lucky, but I have burnt some midnight oil. I don't put OT on my timesheet. I keep count of the hours and take "comp time" off as I need it.