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[quote=Anonymous]Caveat: I'll be talking to my attorney about this to ensure it doesn't affect the scraps of spousal support I'll get. We don't have a final settlement yet.

Surprise divorce, SAHM for many years, and my former career no longer exists so I'll have to do some sort of retraining to have a semblance of a new career. Late elementary and middle school kids but I'll likely have primary custody and no local family so it will be tricky to balance going all-in on a new career and caregiving for a few more years until at least one can drive.

Kids have healthcare through their dad but to retain the doctors I need to keep for a heart condition I will be looking at ~$15,500/year out of pocket. I can't keep my current healthcare via COBRA- it will be so expensive that it would be irresponsible. Is there a way to start at an hourly job these days and get enough hours for health insurance, or will the hours be too fickle as a new employee to have a chance to fit them around having my kids the vast majority of the time? I'm at a loss for how to make this work in the short term. My kids are at two different schools without busing but not walkable so my days are squeezed by drop-off times and aftercare pickup for the younger one. The older one can linger at school to some extent on most days that they don't have an activity. Cannot afford to move further in to a walkable area.

Also, would an hourly job affect my future attempts to gain full-time employment? I'm already in a weird place of starting over but being stale and undesirable compared to fresh college grads, and I don't want to further taint myself, but I need to start from somewhere. Originally I thought temping might be a good way to get my foot in the door somewhere, but health insurance costs made me reconsider.[/quote]

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