Losing pressure

MFH got the job he interviewed for last Wednesday in Big City. I forgot to mention that. He will be paid on flat rate billable hours. If a mechanical job books at 2.5 hours and he finishes the job in one hour, he gets paid his hourly wage times 2.5 for that job. His destiny is in his own hands. He can basically make as much as he wants to make as long as the work is there.

He also gets benefits like retirement and health insurance, which he doesn't get now. That is the main reason I have kept this job all these years.

My boss has asked me to outline which of my duties I deem feasible to perform from remote access. He would like me to keep the high end accounting duties, as I have extensive training on the two software packages we use here. He sees me training someone else for the rest of my duties over a six month period, probably traveling here once a week, and monitoring day to day business from my computer at home. That way we can keep our health and retirement benefits during the interim, and scale back my pay gradually.

The best news of the day?

My mother has loaned us enough money so we don't have to take a second, interest only mortgage on the new house. That leaves us with the mortgage on the amount we want to finance permanently, and the mortgage on our home here until it sells. We will pay her back once our house sells.

My mom rocks the house.

Literally.

We are leaving in the morning to go camping and relax for a few days. Have a great weekend.