Tiny peeps of hope

So Captain Husband has discovered a career possibility that would play to his strengths. It's called being an actuary, and it is a sort of job managing statistics and high-level math for companies. The only requirement for entry into the field is the ability to pass the examinations. The exams are how one advances. I can only imagine that he would do well at it, because of his math and physics background.

They are pretty well paid, and there is almost no unemployment, because it's all skill-based and demand outstrips supply. You don't go to school for this job, you get this job because you have proven you can do the math.

He's already solved some practice test problems. He says that he'll have to study, but he is sure that he can pass the first test. And he can study to take the tests while staying at the job he has now. This is critical because we really need the health insurance. We just wouldn't be able to make it if he went back to school full time, which is what it would take in order to enter any other profession.

There are no guarantees, of course. Passing the exams is one thing, paying for them is another. Finding a job is another, even though there is supposedly a demand for actuaries. We might have to move to find opportunities.

He has to actually do it, first. And I have to be patient about it. I don't want to make him regret telling me because I'm constantly badgering him about studying or demanding to know when he will take the test. I am going to have to keep a stranglehold on my hopeful feelings. It's something that I really want to see happen, but it's something I have no control over the timetable for. There's not really anything I can do to make it happen faster. All I can do is bide my time and be supportive.

I just really hope this can happen, and happen this year.