I got the inspiration for this blog and my blog name from Pixar's movie, The Incredibles. Elastigirl stretches to incredible lengths to save her family or keep peace. That is how I feel most days - trying to stretch to handle it all without snapping. Always somewhere between stretching to the max and coming back to "normal".
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Livin' on the edge... but on the edge of what?
Working in the aviation industry is always like riding an endless rollercoaster - so many up's and down's and upside down's. If we've learned anything, it's to be flexible and go with the flow, or rather, ride it out. As we near another hairpin turn on this crazy ride... anxieties are high. We have one day until we hear what options my husband's "packet" will contain. Whether they will recommend a move to one of three other states; or whether he'll have a job where we are for the next year or possibly two years at most. If a move is recommended, it will mean some interesting discussions and decisions. It will mean he moves and the rest of us stay put. In some families, that would never be a consideration, but in our family, it's the most sensible and logical decision - why? Because not only do we have a special needs child, who needs consistency and stay in his routine, but if I haven't already mentioned it, my husband has brain cancer and we don't know how long he'll be with us. While that might be reason to spend every moment together, in our situation, it is reason for me to keep my business going, expand it and get it to the point that I can support myself and the kids whenever the time comes that we are on our own. I cannot see selling everything we have, including the business, so we can go to a place where we are alone and for who knows how long - a year or two or three. I guess we find ourselves where we have always found ourselves in this industry.... waiting, wondering, trying to prepare ourselves for any of the options that might be in that life changing packet.
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The "personal packet" that was made especially for my husband turned out to be the same darn packet that every other schmuck at the facility got. They whipped up all sorts of hoopla about how much time and effort they were putting into these "options" that were personally determined for each employee and it all boils down to everyone is still employed at the local facility until the projects are done and then they are laid off. No dates were given, so no ability to plan for an end date. Maybe in 2013 or 2014...who knows? The rumor mill is quite busy with dates... so... same crap, same company, different day. It's all good. The Lord will take care of us and guide us through as he always has.
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