There was hope that we would hear about Kristin's job interview today, one way or another. I'll say up front, we did not hear. And that, perhaps, is the worst part.
One of the reasons Kristin and I work so well together is that we balance each other. When I'm down, she's up and vice versa. But we also think the same, and not hearing back about a job that we have to wait all weekend for a yay or nay is driving us both a bit crazy. For me, it's just not being able to really enjoy that little fact I have a job.
For Kristin, it's more like the feelings I had a week or two back. Not as rough as mine, by any stretch, but definitely struggling with trusting God for the long term. He's clearly taking care of us now, but it can be hard to see the way in a couple months.
Fortunately, I am reading that marriage book that had just expressly told me not to try to "fix" Kristin's mood. Instead, I empathized with her, and listened to her as she vented.
Finally, we all realized that we were torturing ourselves just waiting around, so we went swimming. A great cure for boredom inspired anxiety, in case you were wondering.
So, now we try our best to not worry about whether she got the job or not this weekend. We're pretty sure we'll be OK whatever the answer is, but this waiting is killer.
But to be honest, we'd really like to start July with good, anxiety killing, news.
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