Kent got the job! Unofficially. The owner called him today and told him that he DOES have it but he has to keep it hush until he lets all the other people who applied know that they didn't get it. He was one of 8 applicants I guess. I'm kind of proud of him. To be honest, I was afraid that he'd screw it up on purpose. I know that's a mean way to think but really, Kent was kind of a 'little boy' when I met him - and still, even after Riley was born. His 20-year-old self still saved up all his laundry for his MOTHER to do, he would literally drive 2 hours so he wouldn't have to do his own laundry. And up until about a year ago, it was a struggle for me to even get him to put his socks in the hamper!
I'm not complaining (really!). I'm just trying to show just how very FAR he has come and how he has matured so much. I know that part of it was because he became a father. Becoming a parent sort of forces you to grow up, to some extent. Still though - when it came to work, his job... he was completely unmotivated. COMPLETELY. He was happy where he was and had absolutely no desire to move up in the company or anything. And now he's only 2 steps down from being the boss.. which is about 5 steps up from where he was 2 years ago. I'm kind of proud of the guy.
I think having a second child kicked his butt into gear. For the first time ever he took initiative in his job without ME nearly forcing him to.
Bleurgh. I didn't mean to write so much.
So the new job (which is more of a career now, with the position he has) is good stuff. Kent will be making more money which isn't really that important. The part I like the best is that FINALLY for the first time ever he will have normal hours. No more 2:30am shifts somedays. No more working until 10pm other days. Every day that he works he gets to leave at 7:30am and he'll be home by 5:15, 5:30pm at the latest. That means I can have a routine - a real, honest-to-God routine that works for everyone. No more "Oh Daddy's home at noon every day this week so there goes our routine!" tantrums from me. No more cranky Kent from lack of sleep on the 2:30am workdays. He will have the same days off every week. It's just GOOD.
I can't believe we had a fight about him applying for this. I'm so happy that the job got moved to Bangor. (It was supposed to be in Ellsworth, which doesn't mean much to most people reading this I guess.)
Another plus side is that Kent feels better about himself. I mean, he was always comparing himself to his brothers (one is a high school teacher and the other is assistant vice president at a bank) and feeling like he didn't measure up (in his parents' eyes). I think his Dad said he was proud of Kent for the first time ever tonight. That meant a lot to him.
I got distracted and it's now 20 minutes later & I've lost my train of thought. So this is it for tonight, haha.
10:19 pm - 29 March 2007
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