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JP,

Thanks, I understand what you are saying and it has crossed my mind this last week because our time together is so limited (I am one month into school). However, I have been looking for a job for over a year and I was unsuccessful. I lost track of how many jobs I applied for and I didn't even get an interview (of course, now that I am in school I have heard from 3 companies that I applied to last spring!). A guy I knew ran an ad for an Admin Asst and received over 600 replies; my friends company offered a bonus for someone to bring in a telemarketer because when her boss ran the ad he received almost 500 replies and he 'didn't feel like sifting through them'. It is a very tough job market, I am even struggling to find a restaurant that needs a server or bartender (which I plan to do 1-2 nights a week while in school).

The good part about my program is it is 10 months. In June I will graduate with my LPN and I can go to work immediately. I will pursue my RN but most likely will wait until after my son has his surgery as that will require us to live out of state for 2 months.

MrBond,

I realize nothing will fit exactly, however, when my H took this job (in June) he committed to working doubles Thurs-Sat and Sunday day. If Retrouvaille was one weekend, that would have been one thing but we could not commit to 6 weekends. I do not take this as my H's priorities being in the wrong place because the reality is, we are barely getting by and if he were to lose this job we would be looking at the very real possibility of not being able to put food on the table, gas in the car, pay for health insurance or maybe even lose our home. So while we have put it on the back burner (unless it comes closer to home in the meantime) it doesn't mean we have closed the door on it. We cannot afford $100-$200 in fees for counseling because we have cut our grocery bill as low as possible while still trying to provide decent meals for our children, we are juggling bills from month to month and my son has been having major issues with his condition. We are traveling to Baltimore more frequently and also incurring the additional cost of a counselor for him. We are very aware of how fragile our reconciliation can be and we are doing all we possibly can at the moment. I appreciate your wise words because I value what you say, we are keeping an eye out for it and we are on a waiting list for counseling through a program in our town that provides it for free. We have used this service in the past and we will evaluate the counselor should we clear that list.

In the meantime, we are doing our best!