My husband has a job offer in another state
October 22, 2008 By: almostgotit Category: career transitions, careers, moving, relocating, relocation, switching jobsMy husband has been offered a job in another state, and for the first time ever the people offering him the job are wooing me as well. They are flying both of us in later today to attend meetings (him), interview for possible jobs (me), visit schools (me again), and tour the area with a real estate agent (both of us).
It’s amazing. They even sent me my very own itinerary.
Of course, the intersection of blogging and the real world is rather complicated here — we are still in the midst of negotiations, and I’m not entirely sure who reads this blog. It’s not that it’s some big national secret, but more a set of decisions that my husband and I need the privacy and space, just now, to negotiate on our own, e.g.:
- Could we bring our woodstove? So much better than slankets.
- Do they sell self-cleaning houses there? I want one of those.
- Can they send all my friends their own itineraries, too?
- My 12-year-old daughter has presented us with extensive documentation that this land-locked state has tsunamis, plus also hordes of murderers and plagues of locusts. Can these allegations be confirmed?
Anyway, I’ll be gone from Blogville for the next few days, and hopefully our family won’t require too many more laxatives.
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
This lady is hoping that the land-locked state in question is more on the west-ish side of things, than the east.
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Sooo curious – WHERE is it??
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:26 am
Damn.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 am
Good luck! And if you find out that they have self-cleaning houses, let me know where I can get one!
October 24th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Yikes! Major excitement.
I guess it’s not WA because we’re not landlocked. Darn. Good luck!
October 24th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Enjoy a little sucking up….you deserve it!
October 25th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Is it west of the Mississippi?
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