once upon a time...

I am a little tired of living this story, so in order to tell it to you, I will simplify it and write in the form of a fairy tale. Here we go.

Please note, names of the characters have been changed to protect the innocent.

Once upon a time, Julie and her beloved Mac moved to a far away land. They were excited to go but it was very different from the kingdom where they used to live. Both Julie and Mac were official employees of the kingdom, but now in the new land, only Mac was an official employee for educating the children of nobles, important people from far away, and other rich folks. Julie had no official job other than getting their new life going.

At first it was strange for Julie to not be an Official Helper of People and Person Who Runs Things, as she used to be. But as time went by she started to learn the language of the new land, worked a little at home and at the school for the nobles, and adjusted to living far away. She sort of liked being unofficial.

Then one day, the royal educator at the school for nobles asked if Julie would like to work as an assistant to a teacher of very small nobles and children of important people from far away and other rich folks. At first she was excited about being an official employee again, and so she told the school that she was interested. Then Julie found out that the teacher in need of an assistant was actually a witch, and that the school would not give her very much gold for the time that she would work there. Julie didn't know what to do. For so long she had missed being a Person Who Runs Things, but now she had other unofficial work to do and wasn't sure if working with the witch was a good idea. Julie worried about this for two whole days and nights.

Then she decided to tell the royal educator that she would not like to have the job. And Julie felt much better. She knew that the school for the nobles might need her in the future, and that being unofficial is not the same as being unimportant.

And they lived happily ever after. The end.