It's not the state motto. Yet.
As many of you know, we moved here with nothing but high hopes. We had no jobs, no place to live, all we had was some long lost friends that we hoped would still be friends a few decades later. (They are. They're the best.)
We left jobs and friends and family and insurance while I was 3 months pregnant (were we crazy??) because NC sounded like a nice place.
With my skillz & degreez, I had no trouble getting a job. A pretty great job. AJ was able to contribute monetarily as well, even though he wanted with all his big soft heart to get out of construction. Then he got into the graduate program of his choice. We had a FABULOUS baby. If you don't know our little H yet, you should. He is a delight to raise. We bought a house. Decided to have another baby. But this is all old news. What I'm about to tell you is also old news, but only to us, because we've been neglecting you a little, Internet.
AJ got his dream internship for the summer. A big, nationwide company with a successful local regional office has taken him on because the company would like some corporate restructuring. Not personnel changes, per se, but changes in corporate policy regarding . . .dum-da-da-DUM! customer service! Which we all know from AJ's earlier experiences is a very important issue to him! Better even is that this is the sort of thing he wants to do for a career. AND even after having done it for several weeks now, he STILL wants to have it as a career. He's working with executives and lower-downs assessing stuff and developing stuff, and hopefully someday implementing stuff. He is In His Element.
PLUS! - they may keep him on part time during the school year and then possibly hire him for that career deal after he graduates in May. Oh, be still my heart. It's our every dream come true. Okay, well, we still lack the whole family nearby issue, but what kind of a whiner would bring that up in a post this happy and hopeful and optimistic? (Maybe just a pregnant one who misses her mama. Quit hassling me about it.)
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yeah for dreams coming true!
Can AJ change the standards for customer service nation wide? I love the people in India and China and want desperately for them to succeed in life, but CAN THEY NOT BE THE ONES WHO ANSWER MY CALLS?
Anyhoo, I would appreciate it if AJ could work on this tiny issue, thanks :)
Ditto to Heather.
And family close by is great but if everything is fabulous then family is a bonus. But I have decided that I want Jill to come with us if we ever move (and the really selfish me doesn't want her to move unless it is closer to me).
NC sounds better and better all the time!
Speaking of family closer, can I come and help out with Little H when Littler Boy is born? Maybe after mom goes home?
Um, so can we move in with you? Just until our NC dreams start coming true too?
Congrats on all the good things!
That is awesome! Congrats!
And thanks for commenting on my blog today!
Good work getting such a great internship, AJ!
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