Opportunities Abound

Sometimes I feel like I should keep a mini video camera in my pocket so that I can fully capture what a day in the life of Howie is really like - and then sometimes I REALIZE that I'm probably the only person in the WORLD who REALLY cares about all the STUPID things that happen in my day to day existence. And that's when it occurs to me that maybe I don't have to blog about EVERY little thing I do - though I wish I could!!! (I think there is obviously a part of me that secretly desires to be my own reality show!)

Anyway, enough randomness. Did I ever mention that our decision to move back to Tennessee brought about a HUGE discussion about the limited number of opportunities available to us in our small East TN town?

Whenever anyone in our area begins to allude to how beautiful and serene our town is, it is almost quickly followed by the phrase, "Yeah, it's just too bad that there aren't more opportunities here."

I suddenly disagree. Whitebread and I are fraught with opportunity. We have so many opportunities that quite frankly we're overwhelmed!

Last week, Whitebread put in his two week notice at his job. It seemed like such a great job at first. But it didn't take long for things to sour. The position just never developed the way it was supposed to. He was never given the additional responsibilities he should have been handling and was essentially little more than a glorified line cook with the title of "Chef".

So, after great deliberation - a whole lot of nervousness mixed with a whole lot of excitement - we decided that we would try life out as a Stay At Home Family. I could obviously use the help. I'm already up to my ears with personal assistants and I'm interviewing another one tomorrow!

In fact, I can sum my current lifestyle up by sharing the quote of the day - spoken by my primary assistant - as she caught me running in the house to pay her and then quickly out of the house to run some errands..."Ashleigh, I know you're a "fly by the seat of your pants" kind of girl, but this is ridiculous - you're going to have to start scheduling things better or you're never going to get through it all!" - My response - "I thought that was why I hired you!" (hee hee)!

But I'm off topic. After we decided WB would become a Stay At Home Dad - I got a little nervous and encouraged him to apply at Earth Fare - Johnson City's FIRST health foods super store that hasn't even opened, yet! So, he reluctantly applied, got invited to interview and pretty much blew it - atleast that's what we thought. He just doesn't want a job right now, so he didn't exactly paint himself qualified in his interview (well, that's what he told me, anyway).

I guess he was wrong because they offered him the position of Food Service Manager, today. Which either speaks wonders for WB or says very little about the applicant pool from these parts!

Anyway, no decision has been made either way - but if he decides to stay at home - I think I have to Incorporate - YIPES! Watch out world!!! Howie Incorporated - H - O - W - I - E (and now you're gonna have the Kid's Incorporated tune stuck in your head all day - see how persuasive I am - LOL)!