Well well well let me explain...
Ben and I were so excited when he found out he would be having an interview this past weekend with CW Driver Construction in California. We both drove down on Wednesday to enjoy the weekend with my family and hopefully for Ben to get the job! His interview was early Thursday morning in San Diego and it went really well. He had a second one in Orange county for the same company and that one went well also. The whole weekend we were getting so excited about moving to California. I was so excited thinking about living by my family again! The rest of the weekend we just hung out with my family and I worked a few days. It was a relaxing fun weekend.
Well Monday rolls around and Ben gets the call...He got the job! But here's the catch...
During his interviews they said they had a job in Canada that would be starting soon and asked if that was something he would be opposed to working on. Of course Ben didn't want to look picky and said that would be okay, but he'd have to talk to his wife...haha nice. So we both hoped that he would get put on one of the jobs in San Diego buuuut no such luck. They called on Monday and offered him the job in Canada. Here's the perks though...On top of getting paid way more than he is now, they will also give us $2000 a month for rent and other living expenses and every six weeks Ben will get a week off from work. The job will last about 10-11 months and then we'd be back in San Diego and have a lot of money saved. As much as we are not excited about living in Canada, in the long run it will be really beneficial. And believe me, we will be going on some fun vacations on some of those weeks we get off! I'm excited for that :)
So Ben will be taking off in the middle of April to go work in San Diego for a few weeks and then he'll come back to Utah and we'll pack up and take a reeeally long drive to Canada. The job is in Carberry, Manitoba which is about 2 hours away from Winnipeg, but we'll most likely like in a city called Brandon because it's much bigger(since Cranberry has only 2,000 people! My High School had 3,500! Haha!). It'll be quite the cold adventure, but at least we'll be getting there as it's warming up. I can't believe we were dreaming of California one day and destined for Canada the next. Ha! We are grateful he got the job though, and especially right after he quit his last one! What luck ;)
Sunny California, I'll be with you in a year! Good things are worth waiting for! (like Ben proposing...hahaha)
Yea we all waited for Ben!! haha Well that will be pretty fun and you are now closer to us :') EH! Canada is pretty and like you said you will be able to save up some for California, which won't be cheap! That will be a fun adventure...
ReplyDeleteWell, I think you guys will have fun up there. There will be some challenges, but there will be some fun times, too. It all depends on your attitude! We will plan to come up for a visit, before the cold weather blows!! Ben can go fly fishing for northern Pike in one of those big rivers. The people who have been up there before say it's pretty and a nice area. Pretty exciting!!!
ReplyDeleteI think that sounds awesome. I mean, cold, but awesome. It'll be a little adventure.
ReplyDeleteCanada what?! That is so crazy! At least it won't be for too long and then you will be back in Cali with the fam :) Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you all have a positive outlook on our move to Canada! :) Surprisingly I do too. For some reason I'm excited. We'll see how long it lasts haha
ReplyDeleteIt will be an adventure! And at least it isn't forever :) Good luck! I am jealous. I fear I will never make it out of Utah...
ReplyDeleteNoooooo dont go :( but I am happy for you two. :)
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