el crispito

Whie this isn't the end of the world, it is a pretty major setback for Plan A. This job was a good one because the pay was high for local standards, it included health benefits (that would extend to me also) and it would have involved very little Spanish.

While we have not discussed it yet - Shawn just got the email while I was entering my blog backlog and merely let me know that he'd received that news - I suspect the next step will be to look into the other large American companies in Guadalajara, which include IBM and Texas Instruments. The bummer is that Shawn doesn't have any "in" whatsoever with other places like we thought he did with HP, so he'll be going in cold. It also means that we are starting again at square one with the application process, which means it may be months before we know if Shawn can get a job down here.

Of course, among the alternatives are my getting a job, but that wasn't really part of our agreement. I don't mind working, but I don't have any qualifications for anything cut and dried; I'll have to be a bit creative and convince someone that they need me for something that I can do: cook, write, be fabulous...

Stay tuned, as it's only sure to get more interesting now.