I apologize for my absenteeism over the past few days, and I know I phoned in the past couple posts, but quite frankly I’ve been completely overwhelmed. Mr. MT and I took a recent trip to Portland, OR to visit family and friends. While there, Mr. MT went to a job fair, and was immediately offered a position…. full-time…. with benefits…. and the opportunity to go into a supervisory position quickly. Did I mention with benefits? In all honesty, eating has taking a priority to health and dental insurance so Mr. MT and I are both well overdue for a physical and a dental cleaning. So when faced with this good fortune what did I do?
I sat down on the kitchen floor and hyperventilated. I know, I know. Real smooth.
Shortly thereafter I started bawling with the shear panic of everything I have to do. I’m trying to congratulate my hubbin on this wonderful thing, and it’s coming out through sobs. We’ve been hoping for a full-time position for him for so long, and it always takes a special type of bravery to walk up to someone with a resume and ask for a job; I didn’t want to rain on his parade, but I was scared.
Was my Mr. MT surprised by this? Of course not. In fact, if I’d checked Mr. MT’s facebook page it said “Just got a job. My wife is gonna kill me.”
I have an awful tendency to turn lemonade into lemons. I wonder if I have lost the capability to appreciate the good things that happen, possibly because I’ve been operating under Murphy’s law for way too long.
There were so many things to decide that we sat down and made a list of things that needed to be done and decisions that needed to be made. And some of these decisions are hard ones. While it might not seem normal to the rest of the world, Mr. MT and I haven’t been apart for more than two nights since we’ve been married (four years). In order to maximize our income during the transition, and secure decent housing, he’s going to move up to PDX and stay with family two weeks prior to FrugalPup and I joining him. I will be going insane.
Leaving Las Vegas will be extraordinarily hard for me. My mother and step-dad live here, as well as my grandmother and cousin. While all of Mr. MT’s family lives in Oregon, it will be a bit lonely for me. (While I have great and wonderful friends there, I’m temporarily reserving the right to be a big baby who will miss my family.)
In addition to the emotional side, the gray-skied winters can be a lot to handle. So, added to our new budget is a travel category, as we’ll be coming into Vegas quite often. If there was a way for us to spend half our time in Vegas, and half our time in Portland, that would be great, but currently that’s not possible. Something to look forward to, right?
We will have to suspend debt repayment until I get part-time work, but Mr. MT’s job should cover all of our bills, and we will be utilizing some money set aside for Nevada state bills that we won’t have in Oregon for a cushion. My profession has different educational requirements in different states, so I will probably have to incur some initial debt to cover a few classes.
Also, I now get to focus on my blog and some creative business projects. We will need a supplemental income, but I’m hoping to be able to focus on using MT tips to keep our expenses low enough and maybe etsy.
It’s time to start squeezing lemons and adding sugar.
