So here’s the deal….

Dave received an email from KPMG last night asking him when he wanted to fly up there. Dave spoke to me last night and I told him I thought he should still go there and meet with them because we are/were still considering this. Well, Dave talked to his boss today about flying there and his boss basically told him that if he planned on taking his job, that they would let him go April 15th.  WHAT?!?!?!?! We hadn’t planned on leaving until the end of May.  He asked Dave if this would work out for him with his new job. The funny part is Dave never said he was taking this job, but I guess his boss assumes that if he wants to fly there, he wants to take this job. The actual policy for where Dave works now, is when an associate says they’re going to another job they get canned on the spot. Being that Dave had explained this situation to his boss a while ago, he’s trying to work with Dave so he’ll have a job until we were ready to move.  Dave said he’s going to see if they can give him till the first of May. Dave can still tell his boss that he’s decided not leave and they pretty much would still keep him, but we’ve decided that we should do this. I’ve thought a lot about this all week and although I’m sure a lot of you are going to think I’m crazy for doing this, I think in the long run it’s going to be the best for our family. I know this won’t be perfect, but I feel if we don’t do this I’ll/we’ll regret it.

Dave has spoke further with his mom and we’ve come to an agreement about the dog situation and all the other aspects of our living arrangements. Dave’s mom has apologized for not being straight forward with us about not wanting to get rid of the dog and I truly believe her apology is genuine. We all just found out the Tim is taking a job in Calgary as a fireman. I know this is going to sound mean, but I think that him being gone is going to make this transition easier.

Now the tough part is going to be telling my parents and other family members about this. I have less time now to break this to them and I’m scared to do so. I want to give them time to adjust to the idea and I hope they’ll take it better then I expect them to. I’m a lot calmer about this then I thought I would be, but I think it’s hasn’t sunk in yet.