20. "Also, to be clear, we are good and fortunate. We got a little stash, but..." In response to In response to 3
To have to tap into a stash that you just started building just because of someone else's stupidity.
We won't recoupe stress and lost sleep...
Won't recoupe taking our frustrations out by being short tempered with our precious kids because of the stress and unknown...
Won't recoupe the damper that was draped over an entire holiday season that should have been joyous times with aging family, dying family, family that could have used our normally positive and encouraging energy...
Won't recoupe the 2nd guessing of career choices that weren't taken lightly....
Won't recoupe the inevitable beliefs that folks will develop about federal workforce being largely unimportant...