It's been an interesting day. I had court in the morning, and was then able to focus on making today what I'd planned it to be viz a clean-house day, to get out the medical examiner briefing letters, the surveillance requests, and a couple of briefs I'd been ill-advisedly letting slide. Pretty productive, and didn't succumb to the occasional temptation to jump into the blues. Kind of pleased about that.
Some interesting news from Mrs T this evening. Basically, it turns out that she can't take her retirement fund with her when she moves for various reasons (long story - basically, as long as she can move back here and work, she can't withdraw it) which does throw our financial planning out of whack a bit. We had a good chat about it, and the bottom line is I'll likely be stuck out here for a bit longer to make good the loss. This sucks, and it means that the second job I talked about before will become a real necessity. I am pleased, though, that I didn't let that whole fiscal shame thing get its hooks into me, and I could just think, well, how are we going to solve this? Another thing that I reminded myself of was of the much longer separations other people have to endure. I thought of Ralph Clark, a young lieutenant of marines in the first settlement out here, who was away from a wife and young son he clearly adored for a full 5 years. God willing I won't be out here that long!
I do hope Mrs T, for all of this, doesn't regret coming here. In a lot of ways, I guess we should have just settled in America right at the start. I guess God will make the meaning of all this clear in time.
OK, the girls seem to be asleep. Time for dinner and a drink.
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