[at-l] Disappointment

[saunterer@jimbullard.org (saunterer@jimbullard.org)]

I've thought about a leave of absence there are several problems.
    * My employer used to be pretty free about giving them now you have to 
show how it will benefit them.
    * A leave of absence would be unpaid but my bills would not 
stop.  Unlike retirement, I don't think I could cover that.
    * I really don't think I could bear to go back after 6 months off.
The last is the most influential.

sAunTerer

At 09:00 PM 1/19/02 -0500, Chase Davidson wrote:
>You luck dog, I am looking at another 7 years minimum before I can retire. 
>Before that time is up, maybe in the last couple of years I think I will 
>push real hard for a 6 month leave of absence. Then I can come back to 
>work for a while.
>
>chase
>
>saunterer@jimbullard.org wrote:
> >
> > Well, I've gotten all the information and added up the numbers and it will
> > be another year (at least) before I can afford to retire.  So it looks like
> > a 2 week section instead of 2 months.  Now I have to decide whether to try
> > 2 weeks on the AT (Springer to Fontana Dam?) or stay closer to home and do
> > the Northville/Placid Trail in the Adirondacks. For a brief time I thought
> > I might be free this April.  It was a pleasant dream while it lasted.
> >
> > sAunTerer