I was quietly pleased with myself for not catching it this year (until Monday),
especially as I'm frequenting the homes of others who have all had 'something'.
Last night I'm awake with a throat so sore I could barely swallow.
It's all fun.
Feels more like tonsilitis so we'll see.
My head feels like a bucket of concrete at present.....
So the new job people haven't emailed, I think they got the email address wrong - an omen?
Big A announced last night, after some good natured ribbing from me about being away for ten weeks - that he isn't taking the job anyway.
I really didn't think he would.
To go from a secure job, surrounded by people he knows, and that love him (it's true, when his name was called at the long service dinner we went to there was whooping and hollering all around a room filled with hundreds of people - it was a really special moment - no-one else got the same reaction!) to a job where he knows no-one, and would be away from home and family for 10 weeks - nah.
He also gets bored easily, which would be fine while he's away working (that would just be loneliness and homesickness to deal with) - when he's home for the few weeks he would have off he'd be bored...shitless.
Yes he may have money to spend on plasma t.v.'s and motorbikes or boats or whatever - but you can only buy so much....and what then?...nag the crap out of me I told him!! Ha ha!
So an early night in store for me I think.
G
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I hope you feel better!
Lots of fluid and rest! Okay?
Dr. Cason ~ Thank you - I will, actually heading back to bed this morning.
G
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Even though you're crook, G, you definitely sound relieved about WA job... After what we've been through here this year, life really does change, and the dynamics at home are different, but they also need to be in order to cope with the shift that I do now anyway.
It's a shame that Big A wasn't able to give it a go for a few months to see if he liked it though: it's always hard wondering 'what if?'. You're very brave to make the decision that you did. It's so easy to be suicked in by the promise of all that money...
Hope you're feeling better soon. xo
Good to hear that a solution was found without any angst or arguments :)
Hope you're feeling better soon.
You have such a great husband - does he have an older brother??
Have you tried chicken soup for your cold? I like to fill the tub with the stuff and dive right in.
Laugher is the best medicine, or so says Readers Digest.
Cyndy ~ I am, it was a non event in the end - minimal discussion etc. He can always apply again some other time - being in WA for ten weeks just wasn't going to work for us - regardless of the money. We are total opposites in almost every way - but this was good to show that we are occasionally on the same page!
Jayne ~ it sort of came and went without anything really. I wouldn't have argued with him, and would have let him go if it was what he really wanted. I have this idea that I'd rather him be 'there' than here wishing he was 'there' - if that makes sense.
Warriorwoman ~ Nah - only a younger sister (that he'd happily trade for an older brother anyday!). Gawd I have a corner spa that takes half an hour to fill - I'm going to need a whole lotta soup!!!!
G
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