Split Decision
I’m both anticipating and dreading the time that U finally lands his next role here.
Our Household Switcheroos
Over the past three years the two of us have taken turns being employed and unemployed, spurred by my decision to resign from my job to take care of our migration process.
Within that six-month stretch that I was not spinning the wheels of the corporate rat race, we made the decision to split household chores—which is to say, I took on majority of the housework so he could focus on his job and earning income for the both of us.
Then, when we finally moved across the Pacific, he took the reins of the housework from me as I attended school and he hunted for his first job in our new home country. There was a period of about a year or so when we split the work down the middle when he eventually found a job, but my turn as the head of household chores re-started after I graduated and worked only part-time.
Early this year he got laid off from his second corporate stint, which sent me scrambling in search of my first-ever full-time job here. So when I eventually landed a new gig and while he’s in between jobs again, he donned the apron once more to take care of our household.
He’s been to so many interviews and thousands of rejections since then, but the past few weeks has seen him in the middle of three active leads in various application stages. Things are looking good, as all of them have taken an interest in his skills and relevant background.
We feel it’s just a matter of time before an offer finally lands on his lap, and when that time comes we’ll have to discuss our new household arrangements considering we’ll both be gainfully employed at the same time again after three and a half years.
So that’s why I’m excited but also anxious about U starting work again—‘cause that means I would have to do chores around the house once more. 😝