Finally!
I’m so proud of J. He decided a while ago that the current airline he is with isn’t a good fit for him long-term and he then searched and found an airline he would like to work for, possibly for life. It fits both our long-term wishes despite some drastic changes that we would have to make short-term (myself in particular), but after discussing it for a few weeks I gave the green light for J to apply. J’s trouble, however, is that he hates to write. His writing is quite good when he does make the effort to, but it takes something just short of drawing and quartering him while poking him with hot irons to get anything written down. Thus it has taken him five or six months to write one short paragraph for his application, but it’s finally done! I’m so happy. The application and resume will be sent in next week, after he has a chance to talk to my dad once more about the airline at Thanksgiving. The process can be quite long, but hopefully this time next year I can say J is on his way to getting hired, or even awaiting a class date!
Oh, the agony of waiting. One large benefit for me is that it would solve my dilemma of children vs career and making our schedules work. I would have to quit my current job for J to take his because we would have to move outside the US, but the pay would be enough to allow me both my dream of traveling and pursuing photography, as well as affording a kid or two.
Speaking of Thanksgiving, I cannot wait until a week from Friday - I may finally be able to buy my camera! My last camera has been dead for nearly a year now and I’ve been saving money for other things. I’m hoping I can find it on mega-sale on black Friday and it will justify me spending money on it. Regardless, I want to have it by the wedding so I can take awesome pictures during our honeymoon! I wish I could afford my dream camera, but it would have to be on sale way more than is reasonable to have a chance of that. Oh well, they call it a wish list for a reason, right? If I could actually get the thing it’d be a shopping list.