a thousand pound weight has been lifted

+ after almost half a year of waiting for Things To Happen, it all seemed to get resolved in a blink of an eye. yesterday mister finally got his offer letter and his new hire paperwork for the new place — he starts monday. =D 

the "pass the test, get more money" thing had a hiccup, but his current job is going to start paying him as if there wasn't a hiccup...with the first check being on the 15th. 

we think there will be a paycheck from current company through the first of september, then he'll be working either as a part-time employee, serving as a consultant on big weird projects or as a straight consultant. with that, plus the $ from the "PTTGMM" thing, it will probably be relatively close to half of what he's making with them right now. 

he really, really is good at what he does. 

he's looking at kayaks, i'm looking at saddles, kid is looking at breyer horses...we all have ideas on what a bit of extra frivolous money should go toward. 

anyway, whew! :) this is going to mean a lot more saving/investing opportunities for us as a family! oh, and fun opportunities, too. the only reason i'm not looking for alaska vacations ATM is getting a farm sitter that does things the way we want them to (read: bougie ass chickens need bougie ass care...and if my horse doesn't hear that she's gorgeous 194 times a day, she poops in her water). we'll figure that part out, i'm sure. 

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