Dear Parents\u2014\u2014<\/p>\r\n
Thank you very much for your letter of concern and for your check. We finally got paid on Jan. 11, 29 days after our previous two-week<\/strike> half-monthly paycheck. (Severe anemia of the pocketbook!\u2014\u2014We certainly appreciated the transfusion.)<\/p>\r\n
As for our longer-range prospects: a) this is the first time a payroll was ever missed, and (hopefully) the last, because we are now tied in to county mental-health funds (soon 100% funding), and are expecting momentarily a check from California Council on Criminal Justice for $19,000; b) I will get a $5000<\/u><\/sup> raise in 10 weeks, to $700\/mo., to $750 within two or three months after that, and a raise to $800 whenever the rest of the staff (now at $750) goes to $800; c) as our wages go up, our obligations (total debts) are going down, as we get them paid off (see enclosed 2-year budget).<\/p>\r\n We\u2019re using your 5000<\/u><\/sup> to register our car & complete the insurance payment.<\/p>\r\n All is well. More later. Immense gratitude.<\/p>\r\n Love, Peter, Marcy, Jed, Joaquin<\/p>\r\n Switching to Marcy\u2019s handwriting.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Just wanted to add that I think it was extremely fine of you Please bear in mind that Peter\u2019s original estimate was somewhat on the negative side because he was very depressed & worried about that late paycheck, & also because I do most of the keeping track of funds & he wasn\u2019t aware of what had already been paid. Also that 1) dental bills are not yet due (another month or two) & 2) will be paid by interest-free loan from my mother.<\/p>\r\n You were right, we felt very rich at the first month or two of Peter\u2019s job, & did contract for a lot, but not<\/u> more than we can pay, tho it has been kind of a bring-back to reality. As to the stereo, it was a very<\/u> long-term investment, (will last many years) and the best compromise possible on quality\/price for our needs. And you can\u2019t return used electronic equipment for even half its original value anyway. Anyway, we love it very dearly.<\/p>\r\n We really do have some tapes almost ready to go\u2014busy with projects that they\u2019ll tell you about.<\/p>\r\n Many thanks\u2014<\/p>\r\n Love, M.<\/p>\r\n The third page is a budget for 1973 and 1974 listing expected income and outflow. The key line is at the end:<\/span><\/p>\r\n So if all goes well, we\u2019ll be comparatively debt-free after two years. HURRAY!!<\/p>\r\n The final page is a further note from Peter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n As far as the $1100 to Kohlbergs is concerned, they\u2019re not concerned. When we talked with her, she actually cancelled the debt. However, I still feel an obligation to them, and at such time as we may well afford to reimburse them we shall. (Gail has never paid any of this debt to her parents, either, & doesn\u2019t expect to.)<\/p>\r\n Big day tomorrow: Joaquin to dentist for filling at 8:00; 10:30 performance of puppet-play we wrote, at primary school (classroom)\u2014\u2014\u201cAre you a Person or a Puppet?\u201d; again at 1:00; 2:30 perform again at faculty meeting at another primary school; 3:15 again at 2nd<\/u><\/sup> faculty meeting; pack up puppets, feed kids (Marcy\u2019s later\u2014<\/p>\r\n P.S. I\u2019m going to go to school! (evenings) taking a computer-science course & ELEMENTARY JAPANESE! Racist mock-Japanese phrase removed by Jed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Peter and Marcy attempt to reassure George that their financial situation isn\u2019t so bad after all. \u201cPlease bear in mind that Peter\u2019s original estimate was somewhat on the negative side because he was very depressed & worried about that late paycheck, & also because I do most of the keeping track of funds & he wasn\u2019t aware of what had already been paid.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-marcy","category-from-peter","category-awareness-house"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\nx<\/strike> not only to help us out of that jam but also to put all the love & thought you did into that letter.<\/p>\r\n
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\r\nhelping w\/<\/strike> narrating) puppetshow\u2014\u2014babysitter for kids); then 7:00-10:00 Gestalt-psychodrama group I conduct. 11:00 fall into bed. 10:00 tuesday back to work. then 10:00 Wednesday repeat of puppetshows. ARGH!<\/p>\r\nNotes<\/h3>\r\n
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