Comments on: Freaking God’s miracle!

By: ABCs of Investing

ABCs of Investing — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:13:35 +0000

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By: Revanche

Revanche — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:39:17 +0000

Congratulations! I cannot toast with you, but I salute your current good fortune! And am also hoping that it isn’t fake-er-oo.

By: Miss Thrifty

Miss Thrifty — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:53:05 +0000

Great news! Writing from the UK, I always find it rather sad when I read about hardworking people having to worry about healthcare, because we take our healthcare for granted over here. I think Chance is right, though; keep your guard up!

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:53:15 +0000

Congrats! I know how you feel, a little; my husband and I went out and had a fancy meal with a bottle of wine after a horrible day wherein my whole team was quietly berated and pelted with veiled threats if we don’t “get better.” Potential loss of job on the horizon? Time to blow some cash.

By: funnyaboutmoney1

funnyaboutmoney1 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:19:23 +0000

@ Chance: The horrible thing is, those very flags are pretty much business as usual at GDU.

We are resolved to ramp up the freelance business. Plus I now have two leads to adjunct community college jobs and will be able to max out the number of credits the district allows adjunct faculty to teach. If I get canned, the net will allow me to defer drawing down the IRA for a couple of months. If I don’t get canned, it can go toward resuscitating the moribund retirement savings.

Meanwhile, I got lead a lead for classes The Kid could teach, adjunct, in her discipline, which indeed would not pay what she earns waiting tables at Applebee’s (soooo far from it!), but every little bit helps.

By: Chance

Chance — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:58:04 +0000

Absolutely fantastic news! Congratulations and take a moment to for pure exultation.

Now that you’ve had your moment, don’t trust them, not for a minute. We have an unpredictable future ahead, and if the GDU finances devolve unexpectedly, you will be on the chopping block sooner than New Year’s.

Keep planning as if they were going to screw you at the end of the day. If they don’t you will be pleasantly surprised and the emergency fund and food storage will be gravy. If they do, you will be unusually calm having continued to plan for it even though they were reassuring (note: lying the Kid, big flag of deception ahead).

Sorry to be a cynic but the whole event alarmed me with behavioral flags of deception and deceit.