Right now, it's raining sideways outside, and blowing in every conceivable direction. Good time to be inside.
Remember my concern and consternation regarding Challenge Child #2? Well, sometimes if you whine long enough and loud enough, Fate will throw you a crumb just to shut you up. Andrew has a part-time job. It's a continuation of one he had during high school and early college - dishwashing at Beaches, the local favorite waterfront restaurant. Nothing earth-shattering, but bucks are bucks - and in Washington/Oregon, even minimum wage is OK - we have the two highest state-wide minimum wages in the country. He works evenings, which is great, because he's also going back to school. No, not graduate school....a certificate program at one of the community colleges in Portland. Tim has been a guest lecturer for the Sustainability/Hazardous Materials Management program for almost a decade, and knows the professor well. And apparently this gentleman has such a rapport with the industry that every student in his program gets an internship, 90% of which lead to permanent positions of one kind or another. So, it's worth a shot.
Perhaps the best outcome of all this is that I am reminded once again of how incredible my created family is... how wonderfully our kids have turned out, and how united we can be when one of us is in need of support or help. We rally to one another whenever it's necessary, and no one keeps score, or casts blame, or looks for credit. It's just what good families do. And if that's all that ever comes of it, so be it.
There is no doubt, Drew has no lack of persistence!
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