Pressing the GUILT Button

On IM this morning...

wife (6/15/2007 10:09:35 AM): are you sure the (local startup) offer is still available to you if you want it?
me (6/15/2007 10:10:20 AM): Yes. I received assurance from (the manager) yesterday that the offer is still on the table.
wife (6/15/2007 10:11:23 AM): did he give you a date yesterday because i didn't realize you had talked to him
me (6/15/2007 10:11:42 AM): He called my cell phone yesterday afternoon to touch base.
wife (6/15/2007 10:12:35 AM): so did he give you a date that they needed an answer
me (6/15/2007 10:12:55 AM): He told me to take my time.
me (6/15/2007 10:13:18 AM): I think they're more afraid of losing me than anything.
wife (6/15/2007 10:16:21 AM): well could you let me know soon if you are doing anything with either job because I am going probably going to need to watch (best friend's autistic daughter) more [1], sell more on (Big Online Auction Company), or work some more hours to get more money [2]. we had $$600 extra that had to come out of our money in the past 5 weeks.
me (6/15/2007 10:16:47 AM): $600 ?
wife (6/15/2007 10:18:18 AM): LICENSE PLATES $300, INFERTILITY COLLECTIONS $240 [3], MRI STUFF $75, STILL OWE MORE ON THAT I THINK AROUND 150 AND THEN ANOTHER DOCTOR BILL OF 100 THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID.
me (6/15/2007 10:18:30 AM): I see.
me (6/15/2007 10:18:34 AM): That's not good.
wife (6/15/2007 10:18:59 AM): so it had to come from somewhere so now I am trying to get other things current.

[1] -- Earlier this year, she received the credentials necessary to provide some form of respite care, and gets reimbursed by the state at an hourly rate.

[2] -- She works about 10 hours a week doing database cleanup work from her laptop on the couch while watching TV.

[3] -- The collection is for the cost of cryopreservation of embryos that we had fertilzed in 2004 as part of an IVF/ICSI. The clinic now charges a yearly rate for storage.