Quote: Would you be able to make enough teaching at the Med School?
That would be a full time job, and not one I particularly want - my friends there aren't that happy.
Quote: is there any chance you could start something part time and then transition to full time when the time comes? (and you will have 3 kids in college!)
Absolutely, I have no intention of working full time right now. Realistically, unless I find work I can do from home, I have a grand total of one half-day a week free when my D is in school. The rest of the time I need to be here, as she is home-schooled and needs the supervision, not to mention the companionship. H complained bitterly when I used to work nights and weekends, so I won't do that again.
I must say, to H's credit, that he does seem to be "hearing" some of what I've been saying to him. He has admitted to the possibility that he's a little manic right now (I truly believe he has a very very mild form of bipolar disorder). He did finally say a couple days ago that maybe he shouldn't have scheduled this trip. And this morning as I took him to the airport, he spoke about the possibility of buying a less expensive place in the little town in Baja rather than oceanfront property, and also spoke about the possibility of buying less expensive beachfront in a more remote area north of town.
As to the question of MLC that someone raised -yes, definitely that's part of it. H has a big fear of death and dying, and right now, a woman physician/colleague of his that has been a climbing partner on some past adventures (NO EA there, don't worry!) is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. So H is looking ahead and thinking "I don't want to work and work and then when I finally retire, get sick and die". (Never mind that his grandparents are in their 90's and going strong, or that his parents are 70 and his mom still skis and his dad still does the earth-moving jobs for his own construction company!!! ).
The thing is - I totally get that. I'm open to radical lifestyle changes and adventures - truly. I just worry that A) his dissatisfaction with work has little to do with the (relatively minor) issues at work and more to do with his underlying depression, and B) his problems won't be solved by running off to some exotic locale, especially since he is such a social person who really enjoys his friends.
I also worry that this is more about having a "project" to concentrate on - in which case, planning another trans-Sierra ski crossing would be a whole lot cheaper!!!!!
Well, 2 days of peace and quiet here while he's gone (although tomorrow I am taking D14 and 2 of her friends to Disneyland for the day in lieu of a 15th birthday party next week). S13 is settling into school really nicely since we got his classes changed, and has been surfing every day after school, much to my H's delight (he thought NONE of his kids would become surfers ).
And S18 called me from Berkeley last night, where he'd just had his first midterm (in philosophy) and was feeling really good about the exam .
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