I'm starting to feel the stress!

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I'm starting to feel the stress!
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Wed, 05-14-2008 - 7:41am

I close in 16 days.

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Registered: 07-20-2006
Wed, 05-14-2008 - 10:15am
Oh my gosh! I just had to say I too just bought a house and close in exactly 15 days! I totally sympathize!
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Wed, 05-14-2008 - 10:28am

Shy honey, you are going to be A-OK :-)

5yrssm 
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Wed, 05-14-2008 - 2:57pm
I agree with Wishful -- you will be fine and you will make it work. When I bought my place, my mortgage was $450 more than my rent at my apartment (which was, admittedly, low for the area), plus I added high HOA fees. When I had to buy a new-to-me

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Wed, 05-14-2008 - 7:04pm

My good-faith estimate was $425 above what I'm paying now, but that's with HOA dues.

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Thu, 05-15-2008 - 9:37am

Just to let you know unless you are going to work as a cashier at Lowes it's not exactly going to be mindless. I worked at Home Depot and it was a lot of hard work. I worked in the flooring department and it was anything but mindless, I worked my butt off and I would imagine Lowe's especially in the summer being the exact same, Home Depot in the summer you aren't allowed to even have any days on the weekend off you are required to work every day on the weekend it was a lot of work.


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Deirdre

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Thu, 05-15-2008 - 7:15pm

Did you have to take piles of homework home with you?

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Registered: 08-16-2005
Fri, 05-16-2008 - 8:00am

Wow! seriously.


I can't even respond to this...it just baffles me.

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Deirdre

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Fri, 05-16-2008 - 8:51am
You will realize that

 

 

 

 

 

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Fri, 05-16-2008 - 11:14am

Grade 5-6 hours a week?


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I have worked many retail sales jobs. I worked minim 60 hours a week, very often in excess of 90 hours a week. All weekends. Because I only made money when I sold, and was not paid for a single hour I took up space in the store, I tend to study and train every product line to the point of being expert. I study design and installation, and fill in for the plumber, electrician, roofer, cabinet designer, etc as I sell in order to stand out be the GUY who GETS the sale, and as such gets not only paid, but referrals.

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Registered: 02-15-2005
Fri, 05-16-2008 - 11:26am

You really shouldn't dismiss a job as mindless unless you know the details. The kind of work LH did at Home Depot was not standing at a register and scanning and bagging.


I've been a teacher and I've worked high end retail. Frankly, the retail job was far more difficult and required knowledge in many different areas.


And sure - if you have the summer off, working every weekend is no big deal. But put in 8 hours, plus a few evenings and every weekend and see how quickly you burn out.


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