Matt had an interview for a corporate sales position with a telephone company, and they hired him. I found out when I woke up this morning - he was ecstatic and drunk. His family bought celebratory wine and he drank it all. Silly, silly man.

He's over the moon about the job, like I said. I thought when he told me, I'd be ecstatic, but I was nonplussed. I woke up almost 2 hours earlier than necessary - just before 4 AM, in fact. I'm sitting here blinking my eyes and praying I can make it through the day without falling asleep at my desk.

I'm pretty sure I'm just tired, and once it has a chance to sink in I'll be more excited, but right now I think part of me is wondering if this will play out well. I don't know what sales jobs are like in Australia, but in the US you can get dropped like a stone if you don't make minimum sales, and can be somewhat ruthless.

He'll be working off a decent salary with a very small commission per sale, so at least he doesn't have to survive off of sales, but I just hope this is a job he can keep and doesn't have to leave or something. I don't know, maybe I'm too much of a Debbie Downer or overly cautious.

I just want our year to go smoothly. I want to close the distance, I want our patience, waiting, and hard work to close the distance without financially killing ourselves to bear fruit.

Maybe this is a step. I hope it's a step. But in the meantime, it's back to waiting.