Even more changes are a-comin’ in the life of those of us raising the Boychick: the very day after I completed my five-week afternoon course, The Man got a job offer. Not just any job, but a practically perfect job, downtown (which means pretty close, and accessible via bus), for significantly higher pay.
[Pauses for celebratory exclamations]
Only thing is, he needs (low-level) security clearance, so if you know us, and strange scary official looking folk from the gov’ment come to the door asking about him, pretend remember we’re really good people with nothing to hide, OK?
So! He doesn’t have a start date yet, and because of the security stuff and other bureaucracy it’ll likely be at least a couple weeks. Which is good, because I’m now facing the loss of my coparent to full time out of the house employment, and it’s enough to make me collapse in a quivering crying lump. In the last 2.5 months, the Boychick has gotten used to having his dad around, we’ve gotten quite used to sharing parenting throughout the day, and the Boychick is now 2.5 months even more energetic. I’m really not sure how I’m going to manage; we’ll likely all go through a grieving period, and somehow, I doubt even the lack of worries over paying the bills will make up for it. Still, once again, all will be well.
This does give us a deadline and more incentive to get the new blog website all set up: our plan now is to make the switch a week from today. Eek! When we do get it all switched over, I’ll close comments on this site: I will, however, keep posting new threads here (along with a reminder to switch feeds!) for a while, say, a month? And by then, dear readers, I hope you’ll all have joined me at our new, prettier, more functional home, home on the web, where The Man and the Boychickie play!
Congrats to your dude on the new job! I love new jobs.
I'm looking forward to your transition. I'll just switch my reader subscription when you do your official move. :)
woohoo!!! That's wonderful, and terrible…all at the same time. Ah the "joys" of the bipolar mind… you'll manage. *hugs*
I'll be following you to the new digs for sure. Yay to the new gooder job too!
Breeze
the Man's experience confirms my belief (that has been wavering lately) that layoffs can lead to better things. I'm glad it's true for your family. Looking forward to the new site. I can hear the hammers, rustling behind the curtains and the murmuring. Can't wait for the reveal.
Thanks for joining our celebration!
It's not too terrible, it'll just be another big adjustment. Unemployment had its upsides, so employment will have its downsides, but I'm determined to be mostly optimistic about both. ;)
Hope the new site lives up to the hype! (Though I sort of doubt it will, but that might just be my underconfidence speaking.)
It is a sad adjustment to make when your co-parent suddenly isn't around all the time. But after a while things get into a routine and it's not bad.
I wish Mr. Dork could be home all day every day.