Chapter 84 The Career Change

• Max made an announcement in January that would drastically change their family's daily routines and financial stability: his engineering firm offered him a promotion to regional manager, a role that would require him to travel extensively and take on supervisory duties he had never done before but would also come with significant salary increases.
• "The promotion would mean a forty percent raise," Max said in their evening conversation, his voice full with anticipation and apprehension, "but I'd be travelling to client sites at least two weeks per month, sometimes more during busy periods."
• "That's a lot of time away from home," Grace said, instantly estimating the effect on childcare, housework, and their meticulously planned family routines that mainly relied on Max's regular attendance and involvement.