This morning Mark left for his last day of work at his
current job, he climbed in the car and took his last stressful hour long drive
to our metro area. It was a calm low intensity morning with my happy husband
and you could feel the relief in the air. After over a year of ups and downs in
this stressful and unfulfilling job he is free. I am proud of my husband, he
did not like his job, but he always gave 120% of himself every single day. He
leaves this job with people sorry to see him go. He did not like it, but he
gave it his best and he is now respected and will be missed. That is a big
deal!
What a great example to our children that in spite of the
stress and frustration he hung in there until something better came along. It was
not easy, he had his crazy wife griping about the ridiculous expectations they
placed on their employees, this on top of the ridiculous expectations from
work. You figure he had to feel like he was squeezed in a vice. I am lucky he
did not go crazy.
There is nothing better than seeing your husband calm and
happy. Because I am who I am though I felt the need to caution him that (my
favorite fortune cookie phrase) “Every job has its dirty dishes.” The plus side
is that he knows these dishes and they are comfortable. I am sure if his company
had not moved to Atlanta, he would have still been there plugging away. In the
end even my fortune cookie wisdom cannot bring him down.
So after a couple of days off Mark will head to Atlanta and
the next phase for us will begin. Mark and I are going to take a night away on
Sunday, so I will not be writing Monday morning, but on Tuesday I will share
with you some more exciting news. It seems our Ferris wheel is flying high and
we are going to take some time to enjoy the ride. Ahhhh it feels good to have
less stress!
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