When we moved from our first suburb to our second suburb Pete's job was a 20 minute drive away. And then glory hallelujah, his company built their shiny new world headquarters not three miles from our house! Had he been a Democrat, Pete would have ridden a bike to work.
(Joshing! I love my Democrat friends and family!)
Our family thought we were nuts to move 40 miles away from such a sweet situation. We did, too. Who does that? We have not regretted it for one tiny moment but when Pete is at the pump for the second time that week he's thinking, "Well, here's $50 we won't be saving for retirement... or using towards sprucing up our landscaping... or spending on local pub food."
As an aside... that family that thought we were nuts? They moved up here and now work from home 250 miles away from the job. They love small town living, too!
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Totally agree! Vin's 140 mile (round trip) commute is pinching our budget too. I may look into a work-at-home opportunity to fill in my free time with (once I find some free time). He actually doesn't mind the drive time though, he gets a lot of books on CD from the library and it helps that he traded in the old mini van for a 37 mpg Ford. -Loretta
ReplyDeleteLoretta, believe it or not, a couple of years ago I applied for (and got) a part-time job at Target. I had to have a drug test that day and that required my actual social security card. I had no idea where it was hiding, so I was frozen out of working there for some period of time. I got pregnant instead.
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