You've all heard of housewives, but have you ever heard of a house-husband?
You see, today was Neil's last day of work at UBC. He now enters a period of limbo. Oh, he's been applying for new jobs and we're confident he'll have a new job lined up soon... but for the time being Neil has nothing to do but wait for one of the many jobs he's applied to, to take the bait and hire him and his superhuman brain. In the meantime, we're both excited for entirely different reasons.
Neil's definition of being a house-husband looks something like this:
On the other hand, I envision something more like this:
I think I win, he looks way happier holding the freshly folded laundry than he does pounding back a beer.
We'll keep everyone posted about what happens -- we are possibly looking at a move.... He's applied to universities and labs in Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Victoria, Vancouver (conflicted: I love it here, but the cost of living SUCKS -- but will it change??? Ottawa and Toronto are equally bad), Illinois, Indiana, California, and many others... I think we're leaning towards staying put if possible -- but we gotta go to where the jobs are... Unfortunately, a lot of the postings he's applied to don't start until July --so you may not hear anything for a month or so... in the meantime, I think I'll just bring in the bucks and then come home to our soon to be always immaculate pad! (I can dream!)