As many of you know, we put off our decision to buy a house for a long time because we were waiting for the City of Seattle and Seattle Police to come to an agreement on a new contract. The old contract expired on Jan. 1, 2007, so we have been waiting for a long time. Finally, we felt we should just go ahead and look for a house. We found one, made the offer, got the process going, knowing that without a new contract, Derek would have to work quite a bit of OT to afford the house we wanted. Well, our little leap of faith paid off. While we were going through the process, a contract offer came through from the city. It was a great offer with a significant pay raise, although some officers didn't think it was enough. Derek was sweating that it wouldn't pass.
Yesterday, as were signing the papers for our house, the Seattle Police Guild announced that the new contract passed!
What a blessing! The new contract takes effect as soon as the city council ratifies it. We get the keys to our house on the 21st. We will move most everything on the 31st.
2 comments:
yeah....love job security and love love love pay raises!
CONGRATS to you and Derek! Remember the words of the wise one... "it's and, not or..."
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