Last week Matthew was planning on working Wed-Friday, but by Thursday is was obviously he wasn't getting any sub jobs and he was suffering from major lethargy and allergies. I went to playgroup and we were talking about the lack of work happening in some of our homes. Just as I was saying Matthew needs a job, he called to tell me he got a job offer. YAY!!!!!!!!!!! In New Jersey. He said he told them he needed to talk to me first. I told him to call them back and accept it. Who would have guessed that 2 hours later he'd get another job offer from Kansas?!?! Two job offers in one day!! Of course he'd already accepted the NJ position so he had to turn down Kansas, but yay!! Our preferred location would have been Kansas, but I've thought it would be NJ all along.
Matthew has been wanting to visit his sister Robin and was feeling a great urgency about it. We were going back and forth about whether he should go over mother's day or the weekend following, but finally decided on the earlier. I guess it is a good thing too b/c they wanted him to start at the beginning of a pay cycle. The 8th is the first one for May (mother's day) or the 22nd (drill weekend). Since he is on vacation they assured him he could report for the second cycle. Perfect! He is relieved to not have to drill with this unit again.
We are working on getting all of our ducks in a row. Matthew is still working on paperwork. Today he received his official letter with the job offer. He'll go down and get fingerprinted tomorrow and get all of that paperwork taken care of. I think he got his security clearance request submitted today. By the time he gets home everything should be taken care of so that we can get an official start date. At the point I can be more vocal about the job b/c it is solid. We are so happy though!! This is definitely unexpected and merry-making.
Matthew told me that when he was 15 he'd decided he wanted to go to Princeton. Well, even if he doesn't actually go there, that's where he'll be living! We've decided he'll go on his own, and I'll stay here so we can continue to pay the mortgage. It is only a temporary assignment (one year). My feeling is that we have this year to get the house ready to go on the market and then we'll begin a moving career. Money will still be tight but I have no doubt our needs will be provided for. We have already been blessed so much.
The public transportation system is pretty good and there are an abundance of walking and biking trails, so there doesn't appear to be an immediate need for his own vehicle. He's found several apts or other rentals that are furnished and include utilities. There is even a housing option within walking distance to the church and he can commute to work (apparently there are a lot of bad neighborhoods in Trenton). He plans on calling the Bishop tomorrow to see what kind of information he can gather about housing and such. He may even be able to commute with another member.
We bought him a new laptop to take so that we can skype. Now i need a camera so we can both have video feed. We skyped mom and dad tonight to give the boys some practice. They loved it :)
It is hard to wrap my mind around the reality of Matthew being gone, but I don't really have any fears about it either. I know it will be ok. And New Jersey is alot better than Afghanistan. Although, yesterday Osama bin Laden was killed, so I'm not sure how that will effect deployments and such. History tells us that someone else will arise in his stead. Sometimes even more viscious than the original, so we'll see.
Today was pre-K roundup, so I registered Aaron for school. I am not convinced it is the right thing, but we'll see. His tonsils are getting so much better according to the doctor today. yay!
So many reasons to rejoice! :D
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