Update on that job...

Since a few of you asked to let you know when I found out if DH got the job he applied for last week...sorry to say that no he didn't. They called him today with the results and of course he is terribly down now. There isn't anything I can do to make anything better for him which saddens me. He would have been so perfect in that job and had wonderful qualifications for it; it just wasn't meant to be his. Now its back to more applying and trying for him and eventually he'll find something. So, the carrot that occasionally gets dangled in front of me ("You can quit your job if I get xxx job.") is once again snatched away but am not terribly sorry for myself right now because I feel so badly for him. Luckily I work with really wonderful people, have a great boss and an employer with good benefits and programs. It is just so physically demanding and the hours have ruined so many years of our family life that are forever gone that makes me want to quit. Oh well, at least it *is* a job and I certainly enjoy spending the paycheck. haha Molly

Sorry to hear that your husband did not qualify for the job----is their loss. Keep ypu head up and a much, much better job will come knocking before you know it. Hugs, Beatriz

Thank you, Beatriz. I think that job was just meant to be someone else's dream job and he still needs to keep looking for the one meant for him. Wish i could make him feel better, though. Molly

Hi Molly. *hugs* I PM'd you back also but wanted to tell you that there are more opportunities and like Beatriz said, its their loss. As I said in my PM, I am a firm believer in fate and what's meant to be will be.. etc. Another door that is meant to open will it just wasn't the right time yet, for whatever reason. Hang in there and "the time" will come. I can imagine it is hard envisioning it and not having it yet, but the dream isn't always a dream, it can be a reality and will hopefully be sometime in the near future. *hugs*

Oh, Molly...Really Sad! I was hoping that this would work out for him, as you mentioned that the job issue is getting the best of your DH and is a strain for you, too. There is no easy answer now, but when the right job hits, it will ease this pain for both of you. It's nice to hear that your job has a lot of positives. Too bad that the hours are a bummer. Although you've may feel that you've "lost" years, I bet that you also added so many more years to Live Well since you've turned back the clock with your weight loss. XOXOXO Ro

Ro, you are so sweet! Hugs! The years that my job has robbed are the years when my son was little and in elementary school. They just flew by without me being able to volunteer in his class or be there for many special school events. Those are things that I can never, ever regain. Now that he is a teen and doesn't even particularly want me in his life it isn't so bad. At least so far he isn't as disagreeable a teen as his big sister was, thank heavens! DH is scaring me now...he is talking about taking a civilian contractor job in Iraq. Gulp...