Over before it begun

My wife and I were talking the other day about her work and how it's getting much busier. They are looking to take on an extra person or two and it is sounding like they will probably try and offer my wife a full time position at the end of her current contract. I think that if they offer her full time that she should take it as the last thing she'll want it to turn it down and then find out that they've hired someone else to help out and then they start to cut her hours as they only really need one person to do the work.
My wife taking on more hours is good for her and her career, it may not make that much difference to how much disposable income we actually have as we'd need to put the kids in after-school care each day and that's not cheap. The alternative to after-school care is if I get a car so I can pick them up each day. I'd be able to start work at 7am and finish at 3pm so they'd only have to wait in the playground for 15 to 20 minutes for me to pick them up. That would mean that I'd need to get a car.
Driving a car to work each day would mean that I'd have to pay for parking, it would also use more fuel than the bike and not to mention the registration and insurance costs. It would also mean that the bike would only be used on weekends,.
Riding home from work today I realised that I may have to face the reality of selling the bike. There wouldn't be much point in keeping the bike registered and insured for just a couple of rides a month and one or two motocamping trips a year. I'm going to have to do some figures to find out what costs more, after-school care or running a car and paying for parking. There may be a third option which is the kids catching the bus home each day, I'd still have to start and finish early so I could be home in time to meet the kids once they've walked from the bus stop.
Of course none of this may eventuate so I'm not about to rush off and buy a car and sell the bike but I'd like to be prepared just in case.

Bomber
Don't let it be over before it's begun.