He took it!

I got around to getting back to Just Like Julia Child. Howard decided to take the job offer. He made a plan with his boss at the camera store that he can take a few months of absence to work for Nathan until his regular head chef can come back. And when Howard goes back to work, he'll finally be in the photography studio that he's been waiting for.

So that makes Howard happy for both scenarios. He's helping out a family friend and he gets to receive the promotion he's been waiting for.

And I have a plan for later in the film. I'm going to have Joanne go out to Nathan's restaurant to check it out and have her convinced that Howard's going to meet her there for dinner. And when Joanne likes her entree, she's going to go and make compliments to the chef which she doesn't know is her husband because Howard's not going to tell her. Then when she does meet the chef, she'll get a surprise that her husband kept from her and then a marital spat's going to happen resulting in a climax.

Once that's written, I'll post more JLJC updates.

And I'm still waiting for Julie Powell to see this.