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Tuesday October 21, 2003

New Jobs and School starts November 3rd

When we had Abbie last year, Julie took a year leave from her job at Qwest. She was never planning on going back to work, but her old boss called her up last week and they've been negotiating. To make a long story short, she's going back to her old gig part-time (3 days per week) and starts on the same day I start my new gig (Monday, November 3rd). Because of this, Julie went searching for day care providers today. After seeing a couple nasty ones (she actually left crying), she visited a Montessori school across the street from her office. They have a 6 month waiting list for infants - Abbie's not a toddler because she can't walk unassisted nor drink from a cup on her own. Luckily, Julie was able to sweet talk them into accepting Abbie as an infant and she starts school in a mere week and a half. The place is damn expensive, but hopefully she'll learn some cool stuff. We have some friends who's daughter is going to a different Montessori school in Broomfield and she is almost potty trained at 15 months! She also knows 4 or 5 signs (sign language) and helps clean around the house.

I'm sure this will prove to be an interesting chapter in our lives - Abbie cries every time we leave the room now - so that Monday will probably suck for her. Should be a good winter though - Julie is planning on working Tuesday through Thursday and I hope to work from home on Monday and Friday.

As for the move to San Diego? We still want to, but the weather has been so nice here (80s) that Julie hasn't been motivated lately. The biggest reason for moving is to be closer to family (her sister lives there), but the job market is hopping here right now, so neither of us is that motivated to leave. I think my best bet is to get a telecommuting gig and move during that contract, but those are pretty tough to come by. Who knows - there definitely seems to be more Java opportunities in San Diego than there is in South Florida. I love it here, especially with ski season just around the corner ... I wonder where we'll be next year at this time? I predict California or in a new house (our current one is only 675 square feet).

Posted in General at Oct 21 2003, 11:13:06 PM MDT 6 Comments
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Hey Matt, What do you guys do for health insurance? Daycare is definitely expensive, but it gives the child good interaction with other kids and if she will learn sign language that is a huge plus. My daughter was able to sign what she wanted, and sign when she saw animals she recognized. It is amazing how quickly and how much they know. Good luck, I am sure your wife will call you on the first day and tell you she cried all the way to work and all day at work :-)

Posted by dsuspense on October 22, 2003 at 08:24 AM MDT #

For health insurance, we use Mega Life, which has treated us fairly well (so far). It's just under $300 month and covers health, vision and dental. It doesn't cover maternity though, so Julie just signed up for Kaiser for herself (since we plan on going for round II in the next few months). They charge $150/month. She'll be double-covered until March, but better safe than sorry. Abbie's birth, which was pretty much event free, cost $15K and we only had to pay $100 - so the insurance definitely helps!

Posted by Matt Raible on October 22, 2003 at 08:28 AM MDT #

Matt - thanks for the link on Insurance. I work for the state and their insurance stinks. It's very cool that you're doing sign language with Abbie. I taught Sign Language two my two kids (arbitrary signs for Zach - my oldest; and ASL for Sam) and Sam learned 80 some signs before he was two years old. I used a book called Sign With Your Baby by Joseph Garcia. We ordered a kit that came with the book, a video, and a card to write down when they learned the signs. That's how I know how many he learned. The only signs he still uses are 'cold' and 'please' but he uses sentences with up to 12 words and he just turned 3 in June.

Posted by Greg Ostravich on October 22, 2003 at 01:20 PM MDT #

My wife and I have managed the daycare transition for 2 children now. I think what might help is if you could be flexible at work those first couple of days, so she doesn't have to stay the whole time right off the bat. Try bringing her there a few days before she actually goes to school so she can hang out with you or your wife and the new people at the same time. Maybe leave the room for 5 minutes on one of those visits. Also make sure there is someone there she really likes so she can turn to them when she is feeling blue (and most first borns feel blue). Its rough on everybody although the second born usually is dying to go to school and hates leaving when you drop off the first. Good luck to ya...

Posted by Steven Citron-Pousty on October 22, 2003 at 05:25 PM MDT #

Check out tax-free medical flex spending accounts at your new jobs. They take certain amount, you tell them how much, out of your paycheck before taxes. All the ones, I've used also allow you to use the money for daycare in addition to medical bills. The only downside is you have to make sure you use all the money by year end date or you lose it. HTH, Jeff

Posted by Jeff Duska on October 23, 2003 at 08:32 AM MDT #

I moved to San Diego 3 years ago, and I love it. In how many cities can you go snow skiing in the morning, and swimming in the ocean in the afternoon? Big Bear is a 2 hour drive, Mammoth is 6 hours away, and you could fly to lake tahoe in an hour or so. Java job market was tough for a while, but has gotten much better. Housing prices have climbed 20%/year each of the last three years, but I suppose that is true for all of the desirable cities in the US.

Posted by Ted on October 23, 2003 at 02:17 PM MDT #

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