Fee- What does Mark do for a job that he needs to leave so early in the morning?
I don't think I mentioned it ... but Mark has started a new job. It's his second week. He is working for a major food and beverage company as a Company Service Rep. Mondays are an early start as he has to go around to certain supermarkets to do the "ends" (of aisles) - that is, with the catalogue specials for the week. So stock up the products and put up signs etc. It all has to be done before the supermarkets open on Monday morning. The rest of the week is just normal hours but most of the work is out and about on the road and in stores. A bit of sales work too.

He has a company car (well tool-of-trade car) which is great so now I have our one car all to myself!

He is enjoying it so far. It's just an entry level job but there should be many options to move up in the company which is what he wants.