I resigned from a job I hated a year ago to work full time on finishing my PhD which I started sometime around the dawn of time itself (2006, if I remember correctly). My husband has kept us afloat financially for around 13 months without my salary, but only just. I know it's been a worry for him, & while I tend to think something will always turn up (& it usually does) I know he's found it hard.
Anyway..... I've just had an email inviting me for interview on Monday. It's not my dream job, & it would mean a fair drop in salary, though not in take-home pay, as I had a long & expensive commute before. It's a decent job & it's very local to home. After a year of soldiering on day after day on my PhD, trying to stop myself MNing & actually do some work, I am really excited at the thought of submitting the bloody thing, actually getting out of the house every day, & having a little slack in the household budgets again.
The thing is, it's my DH's birthday on Tuesday. I don't want to tell him about the interview & then either have it hanging over us on his birthday, or even worse, potentially have to tell him on his birthday that I didn't get the job.
Is there anyone who would like to share my excitement & wish me good luck please? Me getting this job would be the best present I could give my DH (& it wouldn't be bad for me either, if I'm honest!).
Thanks!