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Happy monthly anniversary to my love. With a new job, things are becoming stable again. Not comfortable. I don't think I'll ever be comfortable until I get a non-contact job. But it's calm for a while. It feels better, even there's no guarantee of anything in the future. Still, it feels better, better than it was this time last year. I love you, and I hope I always make you feel loved and safe.

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Happy anniversary, my love, and I have a new job. Found out today while driving to donate old hardware. I thought I blew the interview yesterday, but I impressed the creative director so much that they skipped a step and made the offer the next day. I can do this job, and it will be an impressive one. Thank you for being supportive, and thank whomever for being only three weeks out of work.

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Happy monthly anniversary to us, my love. We're coming up on another set of holidays, and we are in the same place as I was last year: I have another job coming to an end. It's not the place where I want to be, where I want us to be, but I'm in a better place than I was last year. I have a feeling I'm going to rebound far faster than I did last year. I'm sorry this is a common thing in the world of contracting. I don't like us being endangered like this every few months, but I believe it'll work out. 

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Happy monthly anniversary, my love. It’s been a turbulent month, but at least we are still standing. I love you, and I wish I could be stronger for you.

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Happy monthly anniversary to my love. I'm grateful for you and our cats. I'm grateful for our home-facing stability these days. The first half of this year was grueling for me, and it's only not that the ground is firm under us that I can appreciate you being patient and kind when it seemed everything was falling apart for me. Thank you. I love you.