Stress, Stress Go Away...

I usually try to keep it pretty light on this blog. Try not to complain very often. 

I'm not sure why. I guess because I feel like no one wants to read about someone's stress, complaints, or unhappiness with something. But, thinking about it, several of my favorite bloggers have written about something that wasn't necessarily "happy" and I felt like those were what really helped me to understand them.

That they weren't living these perfect lives that blogland can sometimes conjure up. 

So now that I said all of that, I want, no need, to vent about this stress that Garrett and I have been going through.

Garrett graduated in June with his Masters of Business Administration. {MBA} Since then, and even way before, he has been working his ass off looking for jobs. It has been rough to say the least.

It seemed like no matter how many applications he submitted, he would never even hear back from them. No email even telling him, "no thanks". 

I have heard of it taking a long time for people to find jobs, especially with the job market the way it is now, but I always thought that it wouldn't happen to Garrett because he is the perfect candidate. I'm not just saying that because I am biased, he really is. He was valedictorian, he has written a published thesis, he was in the honors college, he was accepted into Denver University's MBA program where he worked hard and did great.Throughout his MBA process he worked part-time and kept internships. Basically he was a bad ass. {Now that I have said "ass" twice in this post, I will stop} The only thing counting against him is his lack of experience some of these older candidates have.

Now, 7 months after his graduation, he has a job offer. Two of them really.You would think that that would clear up any stress we have had. But, to me, it has done the opposite. Now we are dealing with deadlines to accept offers, people saying, "you will know by next week", and then not hearing anything for several days, possible employers saying they will call "tomorrow" and then not hearing from them until the following week. 

Basically, now that he has the opportunity to work for a company he would enjoy, it seems like it could so easily slip away. And that would mean that we are back to nothing. Like before, having to fill out application after application with no answer.

Don't get me wrong, I am extremely thankful that 2 companies have expressed interest in him, and that he really likes one of the companies. It's just even more scary now, to think that something could go wrong and he would have to start all over.

Like I mentioned earlier, we were supposed to know something yesterday but never got a phone call. I know that they are busy figuring out what they would have Garrett do, when he could start, and what they would potentially pay, but it's so nerve racking when we don't hear anything. We start to second guess if he even actually has a job there.

So, hopefully by this next week we will finally have some answers. Hopefully I can blog telling you that Garrett has accepted a job that he is excited to start and that our stress has significantly diminished. I have felt like this was going to happen for about a month, and it hasn't, so maybe this next week is finally going to be our week! : )