I always say that my husband is the hardest worker that I know that makes no money. Literally. He is the most generous man I know. The past five years have been a time in our lives where he has tried many different jobs. He wanted to be his own boss. Own his own business. He has his degree in electronic engineering but has been dabbling in other things. We owned the furniture store of course for over two years which he (we really) actually loved but then the economy started to turn and we sold it “just in time”.
He went from that to owning Four Seasons~a lawn and snow business. Meanwhile we opened Heartland Gifts and Decor which we recently closed because of reasons mentioned here. The lawn business actually didn’t do too bad. But we aren’t in the mountains and the snowfall is unpredictable. He only had to push snow three times last winter. Therefore, no financial security whatsoever. And, we have been talking more and more about children and about being more financially secure. He just happened to get a call about a potential job from an old friend.
Back when I was in grad school ten years ago we lived in Grand Island, Nebraska and he was an engineer for EDS, a sign company. They made and repaired, etc the signs that you see at businesses such as gas stations (the electrical ones). Well, then we moved to Great Falls where I got my first position after school and that was that. EDS was recently bought out by a company called SignCo located in Lincoln. A much BIGGER company. They are the ones that installed DLP systems for Penn State University, Mississippi State University and Oregon State University as well as the Detroit Pistons for example. Well, they need another engineer and one of his old friends from the sign company in Grand Island recommended they track Adam down. He has worked just a few days this past month just getting his feet wet. Some of the electrical components are changed of course but all in all he remembers most of it. The first night he came home and told me how GREAT it felt to hold the soldering iron again and that he hoped I didn’t mind if he became a nerd again! WEIRD! So, they tell him Adam, here is your desk and he looks at it and behold: it is the SAME desk he had ten years ago in Grand Island. When they bought out the company everything was bought. He’s excited, I’m excited, I am sure our checking account is excited!
I will miss him being so flexible, though. And I will worry about him commuting. It is about 50 minutes one way. But, it is a necessary change…who knows what the future holds for me too. I just know that good things are for sure to come! We have to keep thinking that somehow~if only I remember this EVERY day.
