57181--after a brief hiatus

[zyzyly]

Sure I've been gone a while, but here's Hello Kitty!

So, let's see. I was sick with the flu and getting better, and on my way to jury duty. I spent two days in jury selection and was picked for the jury as juror #2. Meanwhile I still feel sickly, but jury duty is way better than work. I report for the first day of the trial, and they give us a half-hour of instructions and send us home. Later that afternoon, the court clerk calls and says the trial has been cancelled--the defendants copped a plea. I was disappointed--I even had figured out a system for organizing the notes I would take during the trial.

I had to go back to work the next day to continue working on the project that never ends. I am still coughing a lot, three weeks after I first got sick. It is probably just post-viral airway irritation, but my coworkers and I thought about what else it could be, and we decided our second choice is adult whooping cough. Anyway, I have a doctor appointment for follow-up tomorrow.

Malida's pretty much all better.

In the midst of all this, I got a call offering me a teaching job at the community college nursing program I graduated from. The program I teach for now is affiliated with this college, but I am considered an employee of the health care system. This would mean leaving the system and being an employee of the college. The pay is a lot less--just slightly more than half of what I'm making now. But there are benefits. The biggest benefit is that I would be teaching instead of working on projects. And I would have some job security. And I would love doing it.

I'm trying to figure out the long term financial implications. I make a lot of money now, but pay a lot of taxes. My take home isn't much more than Malida, who makes about half of what I do. I am also eligible for retirement from the health care organization, although it would be a lot less than if I retired at 65. But at some point I would be eligible for teacher's retirement too, so it would likely even out.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it. I already told my nice boss about it and she started crying. I don't think the other boss will cry. Two people have told me to brace myself for when I tell her. That might be tomorrow.

I haven't been too sick to post, just got out of the rhythm of it. Hopefully I am back in. I miss you guys!

Comments

[susandennis]

And I have totally missed you. Plus I was worried since you didn't feel great with the last post. Congrats on your new teaching post. Good news for me, too, since I enjoy the entries about your students!

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo, congratulations on the job offer, whatever you do!
I hope you get well soon, and I doubly hope it's not whooping cough. One of my coworkers had it and two years later he still feels effects from it. That's a nasty disease.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Whooping cough is apparently a human-only disease, so we could wipe it out like smallpox. Boy that'd be nice. It's not as fatal as smallpox but it's awful.

[basefinder.livejournal.com]

Welcome back, that's great news to have a job opportunity.

[elainegrey.livejournal.com]

Oh congratulations times TEN! So glad for you.

And i hope you get well soon. My coughs linger for about six weeks with my lungs as they are; i hope yours will quit soon.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're back! I was concerned.

Man, I hope you're feeling better soon.

And I wish you good opportunities and fine journeys, always.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

Wow, big changes! Teaching sounds great for you -- I've read your posts about it and seen the photographic evidence of how your students respond to you. If that's what you do choose, I wish you a fantastically rewarding career at the community college!

[mikejj.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you are feeling better.

[elainetyger.livejournal.com]

Glad you have another option. The moment when I knew I had to leave a previous job was when my supervisor was crying because she knew I didn't like her. (I didn't like her because she was indecisive and when stupid requests came from on high, she didn't have the backbone to say no or the cunning to make stuff work while satisfying higher-ups well enough.)

Also glad you are back posting. I know what you mean about not getting to actually sit through the trial and hash out the case. Such a letdown.

[neptunia67.livejournal.com]

The new job offer sounds exciting, and if it is what you love doing, that's so important.

[w. lotus (from livejournal.com)]

Welcome back!!!!

The job offer sounds exciting, since that is something you know you would love. What did you decide?

[thoughtsbykat.livejournal.com]

Glad that you are feeling better although not 100% yet. Congratulations on the job offer, you have to weigh the pros & cons. Job security is a big pro.
Welcome back, your posts have been missed.