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Yesterday was JP's last day of work as an investment banking analyst. He is now just a student waiting for school to start in August- well, that and a dad, husband, and to-do list task master. This morning I left a long list of phone calls and other things that needed to be done for the move and he called me at 11:30 with the list completed. I could really get used to this...

He then went to work out, stopped by the school to say hi to me, and picked up Landon at daycare (the little man doesn't have to say goodbye to his babies until next Friday). While things are going to be tight financially until I start work, and that adds no small amount of worry, we decided it was worth it for the overall stress reduction for me and the overall increase in happiness for him. It makes a huge difference for me to be able to stay at school past 4:30pm and to arrive before 9:30 (especially since I'm up at the crack of dawn anyway). And there's a reason analysts don't stay analysts for years on end if JP were single and carefree he would have been in business school long ago. This was our plan since before Landon was born and we've saved everything we could to make this summer possible- and we're young enough to completely deplete and then rebuild our savings, right?

Plus even with all the craziness of the move and the bar exam, and how obsessive I am going to be over our budget spreadsheet, I think this is going to be a really nice summer for us. We'll be at home together for probably the last time until we retire. We can take Landon to the park and the pool and JP can breathe a little before grad school. He's been working since a week after he graduated college and I'm glad he can relax. Well, as much as you can relax while caring for a 10 month old who has no need for sleep and a wife who is continually thinking of things for you to do...

Luckily Landon and I are benevolent bosses who pay handsomely in smiles and kisses, and I know JP is very pleased with his new position.

Full post as published by Lag Liv on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).