What can you do to really mess with a pregnant woman's mind and emotions? I mean, by the 9th month, this pregnant woman's brain is filled with thoughts of sleepless nights, colic, sore nipples, learning to juggle 2 children, finishing the nursery, cleaning weird things around the house, etc etc etc. How about taking a new job hundreds of miles away so now that pregnant woman has to think about leaving her entire support system just weeks after the birth of her child. Yup...fun times.
So Jeff is taking a new job! Yea Jeff! He has been offered a technical manager position...which means he will be the manager of all engineers in the plant. They are upgrading this plant, so he will be in charge of all sorts of new computer systems, new products, etc etc. This job is tailor made for him. Truly, I have no doubt that he will enjoy his work. Oh, and the plant is in Philadelphia.
Poor Jeff. He was OVER THE MOON yesterday after taking the call. And his lovely supportive wife was so overcome with tears I had to hang up the phone when talking with him. This makes Jeff nervous, since he hasn't seen me cry since we lived in California (when it was a weekly if not daily occurrence). But I know this job is a good thing for him career wise...and since I don't have to work...this is what we do. So I explained to him that the tears are mostly pregnancy-induced-hysteria. He will have to get used to tears, because those hormones are going to be raging and fluxing for the next several months.
So let's review:
Philadelphia good-- Jeff gets a job I know will be good for him = Happy Husband
~We stay within driving distance of family...okay 9 hours of driving, but at least if there is an emergency we CAN drive it
~Jeff's company has their international headquarters, research division, and 4 plants in Philadelphia, so there is potential that we could live in one place until our kids graduate high school or later = stability = no more moving = YEA
~Philadelphia is a pretty cool place, so people will be more likely to visit us
Philadelphia bad-- Do we have to do this right when Crunchy is born???
~We won't see family nearly as much
~Do we have to do this right when Crunchy is born???
~High cost of living
~Do we have to do this right when Crunchy is born???
Anyway, that is the newest stress in our lives. We don't exactly know when we'll need to be in Philly...probably not until the beginning of November. Jeff apparently wasn't challenged enough by me when we moved to California, got married, and I started teaching all in the same month. He's unfortunately going to get another dose of "Giselle doesn't handle change well". Poor man. It's a good thing he loves me!
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Again, I'm so sorry that all of this is happening right now. As if you didn't have enough going on right now! I know how you feel, though. We may be moving within the next year or so and I'm not happy about it. However, Kevin's job means that I can stay home with the girls, so I guess I can't complain too much. Just know that I totally sympathize and in a year or so, you might have to tell me about how much you love your new place!
Wow. That is a big move! Philly IS a neat place, but I can obviously understand that the timing is... uh... less than ideal. Hey, Brett is from Carlisle, PA, about 2 hours away, and we fly into Philly to visit his family. We'll come visit you!!
According to my atlas, Philly is only 100 miles from Baltimore! Plus where we'll be moving, we'll only be about 10 miles from the PA border!
Sorry your feeling so UPPP and down but thats hormones Iam sure in time you'll have nothing but good things to say about Philly.
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