Neither of us did! I was a small town girl and my kids dad was born in Chicago where his father owned a trucking company. When we got married his dad was of the opinion that land was the best investment, and he helped out with the purchase of 350 acres for us. So there we were. Farmers!
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ahhahaha! oh man....instant farmers. You gotta have some good stories from those day!
Lots of stories! We stayed married for 20years and he now lives in the Black Hills! We are friends and I am expecting him to come for a visit sometime this month. We do a lot of reminiscing. It's always pretty amazing that I remember half the story and he remembers the other half.
Has your wife started her new job yet? What hours will she be working?
oh wow! you stayed friends..that is unusual, it's a great thing though, I'm proud of you for being able to do that! Most people become so bitter and hateful when, in most cases, it doesn't have to be that way.
Mrs. J hasn't started her job yet. she just got her "combat" boots in today. lol. sounds so funny, this whole thing is just too weird. But anyway..the administrator lady who she meets with next is on vacation this week so Monday Mrs. J talks to her and sets up an appointment where the administrator finishes the hiring process and we don't know what that means, and sets up a time for her to meet somebody else...maybe the uniform people.
And when she meets the administrator she brings all her paperwork in from the testing and finger printing and physical and something else I think..oh, and the administrator makes an appointment with the payroll people so she can go see them.
We've never seen so many hoops to jump through.
The hours..well we won't know for 6 weeks but the first 6 weeks is tough because it's not set hours and it's 12 hour shifts either mornings or thirds and that first 6 weeks she works both shifts at different times so she won't have a set schedule so that's gonna be rough.
And then when she is assigned a set schedule we are praying that it won't be third shift because that's tough as I'm sure you know, I worked thirds for about 25 years.
We were able to be friends again because he got help with his drinking problem and no longer is using alcohol or drugs. The kids have some bad childhood memories, and are not particularly fond of him, but they will come visit him if he's at my house. So I usually plan a meal and invite everyone and that way he gets to spend a little time with the kids and the grandkids. The last time he was here, last fall, we went out for a drive and went past many of the places that had been important to us as kids growing up in this area. It was fun to reminisce-- we have a lot of history together.
Her new job is going to be really challenging, isn't it? I really hope it is satisfying work and that she likes it enough to put up with all of the inconvenience of the hours they expect her to work, and all of the rules that I imagine go along with that job.
howdy back melinda010100! well you guys are very mature! lol. Not many people are and women are good about holding grudges and men are good about being total jackass idiots!
But anyway that sounds so healthy the way you all do it and I'm glad that you can. How many kids do you have again?
Mrs. J's job. Well, it is going to be tough but the connections she can make is the end goal and she's been told that she can be promoted fast so we don't expert her to be doing the actual jailer work for long. A year at the most, maybe not that long and then she can get a position with regular hours.
3 kids. The oldest boy inherited his father's drinking problem, and he doesn't have much to do with the family at all. Then there's my son that lives in Chicago who is absolutely wonderful. I adore his 2 kids and his wife. And my youngest is my daughter who spends a lot of time here and doesn't live too far away, maybe 8 miles. She and her wonderful husband have three kids.
It certainly is going to be interesting to hear all the stories that your wife will have working in that job!
Okay. Midnight has arrived and I better get to bed before I turn into a pumpkin! Talk to you tomorrow!
haha! melinda010100 it's been a pleasure talking with you tonight!