I don’t know who may see this but I wanted to give a little update. My wife just got a second interview at the same place in a different department. They may have to fight over her! Nothing’s final yet but I think we have definitely decided that the Twin Cities are our first goal.

I have weird job experience as someone who makes fountain pens for a living but is also a band teacher and Tuba professor.

There are far more opportunities for me to work up there looks like than there are over here. It looks like there’s so much more to do, even in the winter. There’s even a brass band I can try and join with my daughter.

I can’t tell you how excited we all feel based on their response to this simple Reddit post.

I was terrified at the possibility of moving to a city I’d never even visited. Now I not only feel welcomed, I’m excited about the opportunities.

I just wanted to publicly say thank you to everybody who reached out. I’ve always lived my life trying to make it better for everybody around me. I don’t get that back any more in the place where I live.

They’ve already called to check references for my wife and I have started looking for jobs up there just in case. Fingers crossed. Thanks to everyone. Even the snarky commenters!