So much change!
I haven't written on here in more than a year!
2015 was a CRAPPY year, Andy was stuck at Avnet and things got worse daily. There were many days I wondered if we should get rid of the pistol in the bedroom closet, and asked the gods if things were supposed to go so badly that I'd lose my husband to suicide. Some days I thought about that pistol for me. One day Andy had finally had enough and started looking to get out. His friend Dan, who owned a cabinet shop, made the offer to hire Andy as Business Manager, and after lots of thinking, number-crunching, and daily tarot draws, he determined it'd be a good move to make and quit Avnet.
On Christmas Eve 2015, Andy got a call from Intel saying that they were choosing him for a job and were going to send over a formal offer. But since it was the holidays, we knew we had to wait to see what the offer would be. Andy didn't really think it was going to be all that great money-wise, and he'd also been interviewing with ASML and thought he'd rather have the ASML job, all things considered.
On January 8, 2016 Andy got the offer. It was verbal over the phone, and a follow-up email with all the terms. The amount was more than we've ever been offered, the benefits are CRAZY good, and he actually had 2 weeks at home with the family between Avnet and Intel. He took that time to drop kids at school and pick kids up from school - something he hadn't been able to do in a LONG time. Now we can start looking at saving up money to fix the Enid house, save some more for a down payment, get the fuck out of this neighborhood, and finally buy our "dream" home in Gilbert.
Today, Andy is finishing up his second week at Intel. We don't get that first paycheck until next Friday, so it still kind of doesn't seem real. He's also struggling to stay positive about this job (oh, the irony!), because he's so BORED without something to work on. I don't know how to help him.
Today I feel particularly GREAT. Been happy all day, feeling like I could conquer the world and all my stars are aligned. Making my appointment for the tattoo I've decided on (an old-style key on the inside of my right wrist) to celebrate my 40th birthday.
We've been waiting so long to be happy and have things click into place, it's surreal that it's finally happening, but it'll take a LONG time to get the house the way we want it. That's the hard part. MORE waiting. And after all this time I'm in a BIG hurry to get to my Happy-Ever-After.
2015 was a CRAPPY year, Andy was stuck at Avnet and things got worse daily. There were many days I wondered if we should get rid of the pistol in the bedroom closet, and asked the gods if things were supposed to go so badly that I'd lose my husband to suicide. Some days I thought about that pistol for me. One day Andy had finally had enough and started looking to get out. His friend Dan, who owned a cabinet shop, made the offer to hire Andy as Business Manager, and after lots of thinking, number-crunching, and daily tarot draws, he determined it'd be a good move to make and quit Avnet.
On Christmas Eve 2015, Andy got a call from Intel saying that they were choosing him for a job and were going to send over a formal offer. But since it was the holidays, we knew we had to wait to see what the offer would be. Andy didn't really think it was going to be all that great money-wise, and he'd also been interviewing with ASML and thought he'd rather have the ASML job, all things considered.
On January 8, 2016 Andy got the offer. It was verbal over the phone, and a follow-up email with all the terms. The amount was more than we've ever been offered, the benefits are CRAZY good, and he actually had 2 weeks at home with the family between Avnet and Intel. He took that time to drop kids at school and pick kids up from school - something he hadn't been able to do in a LONG time. Now we can start looking at saving up money to fix the Enid house, save some more for a down payment, get the fuck out of this neighborhood, and finally buy our "dream" home in Gilbert.
Today, Andy is finishing up his second week at Intel. We don't get that first paycheck until next Friday, so it still kind of doesn't seem real. He's also struggling to stay positive about this job (oh, the irony!), because he's so BORED without something to work on. I don't know how to help him.
Today I feel particularly GREAT. Been happy all day, feeling like I could conquer the world and all my stars are aligned. Making my appointment for the tattoo I've decided on (an old-style key on the inside of my right wrist) to celebrate my 40th birthday.
We've been waiting so long to be happy and have things click into place, it's surreal that it's finally happening, but it'll take a LONG time to get the house the way we want it. That's the hard part. MORE waiting. And after all this time I'm in a BIG hurry to get to my Happy-Ever-After.