Finally the offer letter .. after so long searching .

..... so less than verbally told, OK - I can live with $71k..... But can someone give me advise [want an opinion from someone not as emotionally attached to this as I am ]

How would you or would you even ask for 2 weeks vacation (my vacation yearly is in Australia or New Z to visit my parents and 1 week is not enough as travel time is 14 hrs each direction do I need 2). I do not like the "vacation or pay increase" part.

Initially my kids were the issue after a city switch but i worked that out...