vaneral

So. The new year approaches. With that, it's time for an update! (:

This year has been filled with so much frustration, success, failure, victory, and transitions. I lost my job. That fucking blew. Being disqualified from a job for reasons you have no control over sucks ass. I lost probably about 1k in monthly earnings as a result. Threw me into a pretty deep funk, especially since I had finally truly met the standard our parent company laid out--50% above the regular company standard. Lost my move to England (not terribly sad about that, really), and was shuttled to an admin job.

Fucking sucked.

There's a "but" to the story though. I was promoted. I got a new job (still in the process of cross training over). The job I'm getting I like a LOT more than the one I lost. It's a smaller company so I have better supervision. It's about two tiers higher in responsibility. I don't have to get upgraded to a dead end position that would have burned me out in a single year. And I have an opportunity to work in Korea for a couple years--something my last job would never let me do. I have to test more often, but I'm no longer required to know Arabic. I'll keep it up, but if I don't, I no longer lose my job. Lastly, I have a real opportunity to climb in rank--an opportunity that was so narrow that I expected to leave my job as soon as I was retirement eligible--regardless of rank. Now? I may go 10 years longer.

And who knows. This position has a flying section. I could get $500/m back soon.

So besides one massive, shitty set back, I'm on track to have possibly the best career of my life. I'm so fucking excited to enter the new year like this.

I'm going to buy a house, have another kid (probably gonna see about an October baby), get a sweet minivan, spend some time in Korea, come back to the only country I'd ever want to live in, and go for retirement in 20 years. I'm excited, and so hopeful.

Also, I got a beautiful fountain pen and dot matrix journal for my birthday, along with bath bombs and magic cards (poker cards but extra smooth~).

My daughters are growing ever bigger and lovely. Tahlia is almost reading and Ilona is almost speaking. They are sharp, sweet, snarky, stubborn, and the legitimate best little creatures on the planet. They are tough, and hopefully we'll be able to raise them in a way that will keep them strong in an era full of infantile adults.

And this year, my husband and I reached 10 years. He makes things so much easier for me and his parenting of the girls is probably why they are as awesome as they are.

Looking forward to the next decade. It's gonna be a good one and I'm hoping all of y'all's will be too.

Merry Christmas and have a happy New Year.