No I'm not dead...yet
Lotsa stuff has happened since my last post. Actually, i did write something on 5/9 but it went to another blog, not mine. Let's see if i can re-cap it. Alot of the "passion" will be missing, but the thought will still be there.
On 4/2/06 a "small" tornado (if you can say small tornado) came through here and did a good bit of damage. Most of the damage was to trees and such that insurance companies don't cover, the rest was to our house and truck. What the tornado took off of the house...it deposited onto the truck. If that didn't hurt enough...on 4/3/06 when we went outside to survey the damage....I twisted my leg and broke it above the right ankle. Ouch.
Fast forward 6 weeks. I spent those long 6 weeks NOT walking or driving. I DID do alot of resume writing for Mike because as of 6/30/06, Mike will no longer be a GM employee. He's one on the one's getting forced to leave. He's a die maker and there are 140 die makers. He's #133/140 and GM says that they only need 60. Hence, the resumes.
Some of Mike's brothers think that the $140,000 lump sum buy out will be GREAT! They haven't done the math. After taxes, it'll be down to $84,000, the union gets their $2800=$81200. We intend to pay off as many bills as we can. After paying off most of the bills (mortgage not included) we should have about $11,000 to bridge the gap between my paycheck, and whenever he gets another job. We'll have NO insurance (GM used to pay for it) unless I can get us on where I work, but I can't even ask about that until I return to work ( because in their eyes...I'm not an active employee)
Hopefully I can pay the bills with my paycheck....we'll just see. Mike's a wreck, he thought he was having a heart attack the other day, and he had to undergo stress tests and such. His blood pressure has gotten out of control, he doesn't sleep well, he's worrying about me and my leg, he's 57 and afraid that no one will hire him because of his age...you name it, he's worrying about it. I'm trying to keep a clear head, trying to not upset him....but it's a fine line. I'm scared to death that this bull shit at GM will kill him. His dad died at 59 from a massive heart attack.......I can see the signs.
He hasn't gone fishing or anything since I broke my leg........then he yells at me because I broke my leg at an inopportune time and "screwed up the whole spring". Dumbass me said, "Yeah, right! I woke up that Monday morning and asked myself what I could do to totally screw up Mike's life..." Needless to say; THAT didn't go over very well.
The only thing we both have succeeded in doing since this GM/leg deal is EAT! I can't vouch for him, but I've packed on 9 lbs since I broke my leg. Cast came off a week ago, and I'm doing physical therapy 3 times a week........but that 9 lbs (and the other 50 that needs to go) won't go easily.
Thanks for listening. I'll try to cheer up. I'll just have a beer instead.
On 4/2/06 a "small" tornado (if you can say small tornado) came through here and did a good bit of damage. Most of the damage was to trees and such that insurance companies don't cover, the rest was to our house and truck. What the tornado took off of the house...it deposited onto the truck. If that didn't hurt enough...on 4/3/06 when we went outside to survey the damage....I twisted my leg and broke it above the right ankle. Ouch.
Fast forward 6 weeks. I spent those long 6 weeks NOT walking or driving. I DID do alot of resume writing for Mike because as of 6/30/06, Mike will no longer be a GM employee. He's one on the one's getting forced to leave. He's a die maker and there are 140 die makers. He's #133/140 and GM says that they only need 60. Hence, the resumes.
Some of Mike's brothers think that the $140,000 lump sum buy out will be GREAT! They haven't done the math. After taxes, it'll be down to $84,000, the union gets their $2800=$81200. We intend to pay off as many bills as we can. After paying off most of the bills (mortgage not included) we should have about $11,000 to bridge the gap between my paycheck, and whenever he gets another job. We'll have NO insurance (GM used to pay for it) unless I can get us on where I work, but I can't even ask about that until I return to work ( because in their eyes...I'm not an active employee)
Hopefully I can pay the bills with my paycheck....we'll just see. Mike's a wreck, he thought he was having a heart attack the other day, and he had to undergo stress tests and such. His blood pressure has gotten out of control, he doesn't sleep well, he's worrying about me and my leg, he's 57 and afraid that no one will hire him because of his age...you name it, he's worrying about it. I'm trying to keep a clear head, trying to not upset him....but it's a fine line. I'm scared to death that this bull shit at GM will kill him. His dad died at 59 from a massive heart attack.......I can see the signs.
He hasn't gone fishing or anything since I broke my leg........then he yells at me because I broke my leg at an inopportune time and "screwed up the whole spring". Dumbass me said, "Yeah, right! I woke up that Monday morning and asked myself what I could do to totally screw up Mike's life..." Needless to say; THAT didn't go over very well.
The only thing we both have succeeded in doing since this GM/leg deal is EAT! I can't vouch for him, but I've packed on 9 lbs since I broke my leg. Cast came off a week ago, and I'm doing physical therapy 3 times a week........but that 9 lbs (and the other 50 that needs to go) won't go easily.
Thanks for listening. I'll try to cheer up. I'll just have a beer instead.
posted by Chrissykins @ 3:49 PM
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