And the answer is...
May 10, 2006 at 6:51 a.m.
Picture this.
I'm teaching a violin lesson last night at my home - I've got a room in the basement I use for a studio on Tuesdays. My adorable 6th grade student and I are deeply engrossed in the finer points of Handel's Hunter's Chorus when a breathless Jared appears at the doorway at the top of the stairs.
"I thought you'd want to know... we just got an e.mail."
I froze. "You mean - THE e.mail?? What did it.."
"Everything. They gave us everything we wanted."
"Everything??? Even appliances???"
"Everything - it's all in there." There was a look on his face that I couldn't refuse. He was so excited, so happy. Time took a break for a bit as I just stared in shock.
My student's mom piped in - "Are you alright? Is she going to cry?"
I turned to my confused student and his mom slowly.
"Um... you're going to need to find another teacher. I'm moving to Brazil."
By the way, it's really early right now. I can't sleep. I've been up since 5, and I can hardly believe I got to bed at all. There's so many things to think about.
I mean, first off, I have no idea of a timeline yet. I know that they want Jared soon when the factory is running - they are shooting for June, but I can't be there until July.
I'm getting Portuguese lessons as part of the deal, but it'll be hairy until then. I can't rememeber any words in Portuguese except for avacado (abacaxi I think... well, I know how to say it anyway).
They pay our housing, our car, even travel back to the states no matter how we leave the company - transfer, fired, quit - we won't be stranded, it's in our contract.
And that appliances thing? They're more expensive there - and there are some things that their kitchens don't come with, like stoves, dishwashers, and washer and dryers - you have to supply them all yourself. So the company is. I was shocked they agreed to that, it seems like an easy thing to say "wha? No, that's where you gone to far" thing, but nope, we got it.
Oh, and I am giving birth sometime in the near future. Gotta find a doc and convince them that no, just because 80% or hospital patients in Brazil get c-sections, I am not one of them.
Have to find a house, sell this one, pack our lives into a 20 foot storage crate, figure out how my student loans will still be paid, buy as much baby stuff as I can here (it's expensive in Brazil)... and worst yet...
tell my band. I'm going to be crucified.
My mother is already horrified, but I expected that. My students are going to kill me... honestly, I'm going to make a lot of people upset with this adventure of ours.
Today is a looong day of teaching. I get to tell all these kids to find a new teacher this summer. I'm going to get creamed.
But Jared's so happy. And it's good for us financially and for him, career-wise. I dunno, somehow, deep down, I always thought I'd live overseas. Never South America, but hey, I guess wherever God wants you, right?
SUPERCRACK is packing up shop...