I just HAD to tell someone

Ok so there's been a lots of stuff going on in my life behind the scenes that i haven't really been able to say anything about. But now that things are FINALLY kind of set, i can say something. But its not really something I wanna spread around on FB so i'll say it here to ppl i don't really know in real life. lol.

Well lets see....at the end of june, my husband went to one of his many networking events. This time one of the guys he sees regularly was chatting him up about a job opportunity. my husband gets job offers all the time, but usually in places like san francisco. and i'm settling in for baby mode. i'm nesting. i told him, thats it, we're in for the next 3 years at least. so he turns them down. he was scouted by Google, and we would have moved for that but it didn't work out. which is a blessing i think. because i really want to be here.

anyway this guy was like excited about this job, but the job is in another county about an hour away. and i was like yeah right. my husband hates to commute. we've always lived 30 min or less away from any job he's had. but then he said, yeah but...the money. they were offering big bucks there. 6 figured. wow. ok i'm listening now. so before i knew it i was gearing up to find an apt over there. at first it was a big deal because my parents never go up north. even though its only an hour, they see it as another world. and i felt guilty for leaving my grandma alone here. but eventually i got excited for it. we looked at condos out there. we didn't wanna tell anyone till it was a done deal.

but all the while he kept having doubts. he didn't want to work 9-5. he can't. he's just not a morning person. and he wouldn't get his work from home days like he has now. he's just comfortable where he is now. but then it always came back to the money. how many 30yr olds get a chance to make 6 figures? he had to jump at this opportunity.

then they took their sweet time sending him an offer letter. bc the HR lady was out for a week. so i can't tell anyone all that time. and i feel like my life is in limbo. then they finally gave him the offer. ok....still can't say anything. why? because he's gonna give his 2 weeks notice and wait for a counter offer. yeah right.

so week 1 goes by, nothing. week 2 comes along and he says to the rest of the office, hey i'm leaving, its my last week. and they're like what?? so they start making phone calls and FINALLY my husband gets a call from the big boss in spain and he talks to him about what he wants. he tells them. he never expected them to match the offer bc it was really high. but he was willing to take less. they went for the number he gave them. its still 20k more than he makes now. so that was fucking awesome. because he wanted to stay anyway.

but we still can't say anything because this guy's word is worth shit. he's always promising stuff and never doing anything. one of the problems at this company is nothing ever gets done. anyway today is the last day of his 2 weeks notice and he was like look, if i don't get something in writing by friday then i'm starting the new job on monday. he gets a call yesterday from the big boss saying, you'll get the paperwork tomorrow. yeah yeah we'll see.

so now it looks like, though its still not 100% set, that we'll be staying here, he's gonna be making more money, and still keeping the same hours and perks. which will be awesome when we have the baby to have him here 2 days a week.

we're gonna look for a 2bedroom or 3 bedroom in this building. he's gonna let me buy furniture. and then we're gonna get ready for baby. bc we're gonna start trying super soon. hee hee. i swear i could not be happier. do many good things happening, i'm busting!!