Alphabet wrote:Daughter graduated last year after 5 years of chasing her B.Arch. Spent the last 2 summers interning with the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz in Bonn. They offered her a job and she took it. She is disappointed she can't take her SIG with her though.
She's tires on fire to get there, and leaves in 2 months. I'm jealous as fuck.
Son has 1 year left in HS and is hell bent on Ireland. I love the little fucker more than my own life, but he doesn't have the drive his sister does. He'll probably end up a bartender there. Which, now that I think about it..he'll probably make more money than his sister.
Hell, I would have loved to have been a bartender in Ireland in my 20s. I would love to do that as a "Retirement Job" to a degree but then I remember things like "Why the hell do I want to work when I am retired?" I have been contributing to Social Security since my paper route when I was 12 so that is about 44 years of working and 34 years of working full time ('cept for one year of travel to the Balkans so 43 and 33 years)
Also if the kid has any musical talent he can get a busking permit in Ireland and drink and eat for free in any decent music bar...and get paid on the street and be eligible for health care. Just tell him to travel home for Dental care (or Germany would work too)
I wish I had that plan in High School.