Things happen over here.....On the 21st R found out that he was chosen to go to Chile to work for 4 weeks. His employer was going to rent out a plane with flight crew for 2 months and they needed 16 pilots to go. To be chosen is nothing special really, the company has a policy where they keep a list of layover days and whoever is low on days get priority and since he used to fly boeing until some 2½ years ago he never had the chance. All of a sudden the finances looked better and since I wouldnt want to live as a single mum for 4 weeks I would take the kids and go to Sweden. We were really happy until the 23rd when the union informed ppl not to go since the company (as always) hadnt bothered to consult the union on this matter and there were lots of things that needed to be dealt with. Fine, bye bye trip to sweden however aleady in the afternoon on the 24th the lease was back on, they had agreed but everyone had to re apply. Tomorrow is the closing date and I hope he will be sent. It would be a great experience for him, pays really well and we could also go to sweden. We literally have to ready to go though as the first group should be leaving already on the 2nd or 3rd of jan! We hope R will be chosen with the first group so that some of his time away would be during the kids christmas holidays so we can stay a few extra days in sweden without missing school so fingers crossed!