Some of you have been asking about this...so a quick update. K is traveling to NYC next week for yet another interview. He had his first interview with someone other than a recruiter yesterday (via phone) and apparently they were duly impressed. So he's heading off to the big city to meet these folks in person. And my mom is going to camp out with me and the kids to provide company during his absence.
K is quite excited by the job. I, on the other hand, am not excited at the idea of moving to the East Coast. My life here is nicely settled...my parents and grandparents are here, the weather is nice, I know my way around, M has a fantastic preschool, it's all good. The only bummer is a) lack of a steady, reliable income (K is currently consulting) and b) having to pay through the nose for insurance. Oh, and c) the underwhelming schools. Aside from that, I'm perfectly happy to stay in California in perpetuity.
So now we have to start asking ourselves the BIG question: is not having to worry about money/benefits + a large chunk of expendable income + K's career satisfaction worth dragging our whole family to parts unknown? I'm not entirely convinced. I'll say this: if we didn't have kids and were a lot younger, I'd be off like a shot. But when you have kids, you need a support network....and I don't relish the thought of having to build one of those back up from scratch. Nor do I like the idea of being isolated at home (in what would most certainly be a much nicer house) with my kids and all our fancy new things. What's the point of having more money and nice things when you're all alone? Seems silly.
The whole thing depresses me. Or maybe I'm a tad change adverse? Who knows.
Stay tuned for more angst-ridden posts about NYC...assuming K makes it into the final cut.
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I haven't asked on purpose. No! Don't go!
ReplyDeleteWhat would I do with your partial cow and pig!?
Tell Karl I said good luck, but he needs to tell them he wants to work remotely and will travel to NYC one week a month :)
xoxo
Becca
I was actually just pondering the hog/cow issue. Yet another reason why I must stay here! I mean, I bought a damn freezer for all that meat....
ReplyDeleteSelfishly speaking....oh never mind, I know you don't really want to come.
ReplyDeleteDanielle -- oh believe me you'd be seeing a WHOLE lot of us if we moved. Hopefully you like us A LOT. ; )
ReplyDeleteOf course we do (don't forget you are our life coach/consultant) and I REALLY want to see Becca deal with the cow and pig, hahaha.
ReplyDeleteAnd frankly speaking, moving at this stage in our lives does suck. While certainly closer than before, I'm not in workable proximity to my family to enable dropping by or anything less than carefully-planned-in-advance visits, and the friends that I knew from before I left the Boston area in 1995 are all super busy and involved in their families, so again, we have to work really hard to get together.
That said, I'm making new friends in the neighborhood, and, even easier, with the families involved in C's preschool. But it takes time, and I'm exhausted, so I can completely understand part of your reluctance.
Maybe, if things progress, K can bargain in extra vacation time to enable you to go to California to see your family? And, to end on a high note, you'd be a lot closer to Ireland.
And us of course.