Welcome to the year 2010, where we not only have a bad economy, but Mr. Library and I are both looking for jobs for next year. Ugh. Needless to say, this is the suck-tastic part of getting married.
As an English teacher, I feel the pinch of having to find another job. When I came out of grad school last year, our professors pumped us full of positive thoughts: “Of course you’ll get a job! You have a Master’s from Such-and-Such University! We’re an Ivy League!”, “You can do it! Everyone loves you!”, “How could they turn down skill like yours?!”. Well, as it turns out, they can. And they did. Forty-nine times. I sent out probably over 50 resumes last spring and early summer, praying that something would come my way. Thankfully, interview 15 turned out to be the charm. I could live at home with Mom and Dad Library, save money (aka not have to pay rent so I could focus on my loans), and plan the wedding. The fact that this was a one-year position didn’t freak me out in the least. I wouldn’t be burning any bridges when I got married and moved somewhere else, so what could be so bad?
Well, being a zero income household with two newlyweds who have grad school loans up to their eyeballs could be so bad. Mr. Library and I both attended Ivy League institutions for grad school, and while I did receive some scholarships to go to mine, there seemed to be no such thing for him. Great. Now it’s our turn to pay it all back, every cent plus interest, on top of rent, food, insurance, and everything else life has to offer.
Mr. Library’s field is rather picky, and because the pickings tend to be slimmer than most occupations, we have no idea where we will end up. That makes my job hunt super fun and super easy. Not. If you don’t know anything about teaching, you have to have a license, which means you have to take tests to attain it. Plus send in about $100 per state. Different states require different tests. I have taken eight standardized tests for teaching licenses to date, and none of them were repeated. If we go some place I don’t have an existing license, it could delay my job hunt severely.
So our anxiety continues. I am pumped to become Mrs. Library, but I hate the thought of going through a job hunt again.
What are you worried about with transitioning into married life?
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