Wait a second...you two will be working together?

Guess what? I finally got a job! In all fairness, we knew coming to Lisbon that it might be a while before I found a job. But I guess I just hoped and somewhat assumed that it would happen sooner rather than later. And while five months of unemployment is not an eternity, it seemed like a long time. I also think it was harder to adjust to a new place with no job. But now that we have settled in, made friends, and are really enjoying Lisbon it has been a lot easier to deal with having no job. So wouldn't you know, just as I finally accept the fact that I don't have a job, one opens up for me! But this is just the way the world usually works, right?


I will be the Office Management Specialist (fancy way of saying secretary) in the same section where John works. Even though we’ll be working together, my role will be to support everyone in the section, but most importantly John's boss. In fact, I imagine I will have less interaction with John in our day-to-day duties than when we both worked in Jakarta.


It's funny, because most people who have thought it strange that we would be working in the same section are either not that familiar with this career or they are newbies. Because sometimes, that's just the way it goes. If a spouse wants to work, they can't always choose exactly which type of job they'd like. And in smaller places, there aren't even always enough jobs for all the spouses who'd like to work. I am pretty happy, because I would have preferred to have this job over any others that may have opened up soon.


Having said that, I'll leave you with some random pics I found online......






P.S. We just might eat lunch together most days as well. (The horror!)