Four of the six jobs are advertised by the local council and I've applied for three jobs with them previously and not even received a courtesy phone call. It's a bit of an eye opener when you think of country towns having greater standards with regards to courtesy. I'll stick with applying for the one job for now because I'm not even close to qualified for the others. The one I will apply for, I'm still underqualified but I'm close enough that if they don't have any decent candidates I can be brought in and taught.

As for the trust, I understand where you're coming from. It was only two months ago I came home from working away and I'm already looking into jobs outside of town again. I feel that my wife understands my reasoning but her saying that she doesn't know if she wants us to be an "us" hits home that I have to be more patient and see how life here plays out. Strangely though, my wife was looking at houses close to where the job I'd be applying for is. Go figure.


Me: 31, W: 29
T: 4 M: 2
Kids: 3 (SS: 7, SD: 4, D: 3)
Separated, still living together: Nov 2013
Separate bedrooms: Feb 2014
W working away; kids with me: Nov 2014