INKLINGS

GOING....GOING.....GONE....

I didn't work for most of the time when I was raising kids, although I did do 17 years of daycare. When we finally stopped moving around enough to buy a house, I did go to work, and at that time my youngest was in 2nd grade. I worked first as a substitute teacher for 26 schools, so that I could turn it down if my kids were sick or had a school program or something, and then a little later went to work as a teacher's aide, which I loved. In fact, I loved it so much that I thought at one point that I would never be able to give it up. But I did. I didn't have any benefits when I worked for that school district, but when we moved here, I worked as a teacher's aide for 6 months, and I did have benefits there. I built up a little retirement fund of about $500. A few years later, they decided to pay it off to me and not have to keep such a small amount on the books. They sent me the check, and just a few months later the school district asked me if I would like to take the GED classroom at the jail, and I did, so I went right back to work. This time I opted not to bother with the retirement fund, but the school district put a small amount in each paycheck for me, and it slowly began building up again. It has been a few years since I worked at the jail now, but I get my retirement benefits statement quarterly. It came today. I guess after them paying me off once, they are now going to make me wait the full time to get this, which I think will be about age 65. I told Dee Ice we won't have to worry about it at all though. Every time the statement comes, it is down more from what it was. This isn't really a good time for investments. I figure at the rate it's going, there won't be a single penny of it left by the time I am 65. :0s

posted by Inklings @ 1:34 PM