#the amount of stuff i have researched about colorado custody agreements and victorian ableism for my two current fics is a lil absurd

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working on some lisa stuff and like. no wonder birdie can't budget or plan easily. how do you plan for this, ESPECIALLY as a single parent, ESPECIALLY as one with a seriously ill kid who might require you to take sudden and unexpected absences

#i know there's full time vs. part time but either way the hours seem inconsistent and a little nuts #full time employment would have gotten him the chance to join the union which DOES have some really good benefits #(part time would too in the modern day but idk about the 90s) #buuuut i can only find modern union contracts not ones from the 80's-90's #and the one i found implied that coverage for dependants was only won after 2018? so the hall boys were NOT included #again i might be wrong i don't have a good head for contract jargon!!! #i can also see birdie being part time at least occasionally because even with PTO he probably wouldn't have the time to take care of joey's #health if he was a full time worker-- even when joey WASN'T in the hospital. when he WAS... hoo boy #you never know how long that's gonna last and this just does not seem like a job with much flexibility or consistency #and ESPECIALLY especially when the boys were really young and maybe weren't both in school yet #sorry here's a glimpse of what like 20% of fic writing looks for me. btw #the amount of stuff i have researched about colorado custody agreements and victorian ableism for my two current fics is a lil absurd #also this is really hard to research because all the articles i get are like 'can my employer dock my pay?' #like no i'm looking for infor about DOCK WORKERS not DOCKING WORKERS