Isaiah 7.17 : Updates, etc.

Well it finally happened, while I didn't outright lose my job, I have been reduced to part time which also means I've lost health care coverage for the family. We're getting the COBRA paperwork soon and hopefully that will cover things for a bit. So I'm home looking for part time work right now and possibly full time work if the right position comes along. Rachel and I are okay financial wise for right now as we were saving up for Isaiah's surgeries and something like this happening so we've got some money to last us a few months. The stuff I'm more worried about is the health care coverage for him. I'm hoping that the COBRA coverage doesn't reset our deductible because we've already paid out the $5K already and to start over would just suck. We're looking into Medicare now too since I have a feeling we'll qualify since we were only a few thousand above the cutoff from benefits before. Its a bunch of fun things right now, and hopef...

So the Mazda's in the shop again in preparations for the trip to Dallas. We knew there was a slow leak in the oil pan gasket and it needed an oil change, but they found another leaky seal and now the repairs are over $600. In the last 6 months we've probably spent over $2K on the Mazda and that's the supposed good car (from this century and just barely under 100,000 miles). That's the car we run Izzy around in since the car seat actually fits in the car and the car in general is in better shape (or so we thought) and just feels safer. We're starting to get more worried about money since Rachel is no longer getting disability checks and she just can't go back to work with all that Isaiah entails right now. Rachel's Toyota, a '98 Corolla with over 140,000 miles on it is holding on, but we've spent nearly $1000 on that car too in the last 6 months between a new serpentine belt, starter and battery. We know we need to replace one of them here in th...