I had to sit Matt down to have a serious conversation about our lives. I need to preface this by saying that I love him dearly, more than anything.
As much as I love him, I want to smack him sometimes.
We moved to Newmarket because I got a decent job in the area. By decent, I mean I get about 14 weeks off a year and make pretty good money (for someone who has no university degree). As good as my job is, it's dead end. I will not go up from here. I am at the end of the line. The only thing that would ever happen is I would get a "richer" route (which just means I would be driving in more urban areas. Eww).
I have no pension, no good benefits. I don't know how I could ever really retire.
Matt is the assistant manager for a video store. Video rental business is going down the tubes. He works terrible hours for not so spectacular money.
I sat him down and had the "5 year plan" conversation.
I need to go to school to open my own jewellery company. We cannot live on his income if I quit and go to school. Matt is the sort of person who is scared of change. As much as his job sucks, he is good at it and won't leave until it goes down the tubes entirely.
After a serious talk, he realized that it was true, he needed change.
So now he's going to be an electrician's apprentice...
but he doesn't want to have to drive any real distance.
It makes me die a little bit inside.
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