Christmas Is Mine!!!!!

"Mine! It's mine!! Down, down, down, go, go, go, mine, mine, mine!!!!!"



Although it won't be until the beginning of next week before I speak with the President of Autonomy, Gina confirmed my hope that they would NOT need me to start immediately. More than likely it would be sometime in January from the look of things, she said. Woohoo!!! December and The Holidays are all mine!! Details on the meeting I am told will include the start date, salary, and benefits (wow, what are those?).



Last night I went to bed feeling a little stressed about how all of this would work out. Then I said to myself, "everything will be fine in the end, you just need more faith"...and now this part of the journey has steered exactly where I prayed it would. My Christmas wish and New Year's resolution this year will be to find and keep Faith. How many times has Faith brought me great gifts...and yet I still become very stubborn about wrapping my arms around it. This must change if things are going to keep moving forward.



Departure time is now scheduled for Saturday the 20th. But if the current project wraps by Monday (very likely) and if that meeting happens at the beginning of next week, that date could change to Wednesday, the 16th. Again I say if there is more work to be had at Autonomy next week, of course I'll stick around.



On a final note, I was bumped from the edit suite for 45 minutes today because another project needed to be mastered. So I took a walk up three blocks to Mann's Chinese Theatre. There was some big crowd of 20-something's all gathered in the main courtyard to be captured by a camera crew following them around. Turns out they were the new group of "American Idol" hopefuls. Now why did I pick today to leave that 9mm UZI at home! I could have saved the American viewing public meaningless pain and suffering in just a few short moments! Damnit! ;)