The Job and a Spilled Glass of Water

B has been at his job now for a few weeks.

There's nothing quite like getting a paycheck after you've gone more than a year without one. We've always taken for granted that we were from educated families, we went to a good university, got our degrees, found good jobs... continued on for a JD... that's when reality hit.

There's this peace we have about our lives now, one I can't explain. You don't quite know how peaceful your life is until it's not.

We always felt an overall peace - like we know God loves us and will take care of us as long as we're doing what's right. But, knowing we can take care of ourselves is just so relaxing.

Bryce will be taking the CA Bar this February... so, let me clarify our level of relaxing - I know the FULL peace will come once he is working as a licensed attorney. For now, we are at peace knowing he is building his resume, the boss refers to B as his associate and assigns him cases as if he is an attorney. Knowing he is "almost" licensed in CO makes him trust him more.

Thus, B works all day, then studies all night and on Saturday's. I'm looking forward to the peace that will come when he just has a job, and comes home and is home to stay. I can't wait to have Saturday's to play as a family after a good week of work. But, I'm still at peace.

I still work from 9-1 everyday - generally - but, not sure how long the job will last as it is a nonprofit and you never really know...

Back to B's job. He loves it. It's an office with one attorney (other than B), an office manager, and a secretary. The Office Manager and Secretary are both chatty girls. I went to lunch with the staff and it was fun to meet them. They are definitely distracting at work for Bryce, but he's learning to work while they talk to him all day. haha.

At lunch, I met Bryce's boss and wife for the first time. The nice table cloth on the table had this spot on it that really looked like a smashed bug... like really. It was grossing me out, and I overreacted. I lifted up the table cloth to see if it was in fact a bug... wait for it... still lifting... slowly looking... crash.

That's right, my glass of water tipped over and poured across the round table, drenching the table cloth and splashing onto my husbands boss. My hands literally both flew to my mouth as I stared with a big "o", speechless. Go ahead and laugh.

I immediately asked him to not fire my husband because I spilled water all over him. He laughed. Bryce was embarrassed for me, don't you love when someone is embarrassed for you? The girls loved it, they decided they officially liked me after that.

The boss reminds me of my stepdad, a lot, with his elaborate stories that are fascinating the first time you hear them. haha. I wonder how many times his wife had heard the story he told about missing his flight to the cruise. Entertaining for us though.

I couldn't really read him... until late in the lunch he asked if B will be taking the CA Bar. We said absolutely. Boss was trying to figure out how permanent B will be. He told us he usually wakes up at 5am every morning, but he's been so stressed with his last paralegal that he'd wake up at 2-3am. Now, since B started there, he's been sleeping in until 6 a few mornings. So, he's thrilled and loves having B work for him.

He told us that when B passes the bar, and if things keep going the way they are (which there's no reason they shouldn't) then he'd like to have B hired on as an Attorney for him. Who doesn't love B? They said the office has been so positive and they just love having him there. Seriously, this boss loves him and is quite concerned he'll leave to go to CO.

While my number one choice is still CO, and I would really like to move to CO... I feel more at home here than I have yet since we have a job and are not just floating in limbo. We may end up settling here for the long haul... but I still hope it's just the short haul. I'm not ready to stay here my whole life, but I could give a solid 5-10 years here... I think I would cry if I had to settle this far from my parents and siblings. It's just so difficult to get to Bako from anywhere since we only have a small airport that is pricey to fly into.

Not just the distance to my parents - but CA is really going downhill. The government is messed up. The school systems are quite poor, kids are behind, a lot of people over here homeschool or take their kids to a nicer school farther away. I'm not ready to homeschool, so hopefully we can find a good school district around here for the kids... that is, if we stay... he still needs to pass that nasty CA Bar.