Well, here I sit, waiting the day where I may join the ranks of the enemployed. I always dreamed of the day that I wouldn’t have to take conference calls, and answer pages in the middle of the night, but this isn’t quite how I pictured it.

I still have no word about my supervisor interview to stay with the company. They said, I’d hear early this week… Perhaps I am just being impatient. It’s just the food on my table, and the roof over my head at stake so… I really hope my job interview up north goes well and I get hired that day! :) But, if I don’t then I don’t know what I’m gonna do. I have my resume out to a headhunter agency, and other than that, I haven’t pursued anything real hard… Maybe this will be my first taste of a severance package. :)

::sigh:: Anyone out there need a manager? :)

Quick note: Just ran into this site on the web.

http://www.politicsandprotest.org/

Being the day it is, I must express how sad I am for all the families and people who still feel this horrible tragedy so close to their home and heart. The pain and sadness I personally feel as an American must only be a fraction. I spent much of the day watching the stories and being brought to tears many times by the horrible visions which still seem so unreal. It’s hard to believe that this can happen to our country. I can only offer my support and condolences on the anniversary of that terrible day. But, I want to remind everyone that it has brought us closer, and people around the world grieve with us. It was amazing to see some of the demonstrations of support from our friends abroad. It gives a little light for us all on this day…

So, after today’s events Heidi and I find ourselves with a very odd feeling about us. Hard to explain this one. All of a sudden the sun seems brighter, and the air seems fresher. Your lips press together and find themselves curling up toward your ears. How odd. Some people I’ve asked about this claim this is a feeling known as ‘hope’… How odd… :)

Well, two bits of good news today. First, Heidi went for her blood test to see if all was well with our little embryos. At this stage you can’t tell how the ‘embryos’ are doing, but we did find that their little home is in perfect condition. :) That’s great news. The stage is set, so to speak.

On the other front, I got a call today from a publishing company in the mountains. These would be the same mountains that Heidi and I dream of living in. The guy on the other end of the line says to me, ‘So, we are looking to take our operation online. You would need to be well versed in HTML programming since we are going to the web. Our facility runs on Macintosh computers 100%. We have a guy down south who fixes them when I can’t figure it out, so we’d also need someone who could run Macintosh computers and keep them going. Oh, it also might call for a bit of design work. You know, taking photos and bringing them into Photoshop in order to prep them for the web and/or print using Quark. Does any of this scare you?’ Is was all I could do not to jump out of my skin and give the guy a big hug through the phone. I told him this sounds like a dream! So, I will be meeting with him on the 23rd to discuss the job. Wish me luck folks! :) OH, I almost forgot. The massive corporate giant I work for now has told me to interview for a supervisor position tomorrow. :) So, there are two very nice possibilities on the horizon.

So, today I feel like blah! Everything has turned grey, if that makes sense. The only thing for certain tomorrow is that the sun will come up (much too early), and my wife will still love me. While of course, that’s more than good enough, it’s quite the change for us.

I’ve applied for another supervisor position where I work, so hopefully with any luck I will be able to continue in the same vein of work without too big a pay cut. More importantly, I will hopefully be able to continue our health insurance. With everything going on in that realm it is quite important that we do.

Speaking of… Heidi has felt some “twinges” in her abdomen. Not sure if that is a good thing, but hey, it’s SOMEthing. Still about a week and a half until we find out if she is honest to goodness pregnant. Wish us luck, as having a baby would be something of a good thing for us on a number of levels. Might help my A.D.D. if I had a bambino to concentrate on. :)

Snow season doth approach. Soon I will be going into debt further to purchase my season pass for this years winter adventure. Greg will be trying the Black Diamond trails this season. For those of you out there who don’t know what a Black Diamond is, it is the second hardest slopes on the mountains. Gotta have mad skills and a pair of nuts the size of watermelons. I won’t comment further on that. At any rate, I will be happy to watch safely from the lift as he attempts to do battle with the mountain. I will be trying a Blue run for the first time this season, and that is more than fine for me. :)

Even in light of the darkness our life has decended upon, I must still say: Have you guys tried out OS 10.2 (Jaguar)? Holy crap! This is one rockin OS. :) I didn’t think it was possible to make it better. :) Good stuff. Thank god for Apple. I’d hate to have to come home after a shitty day at work and sit down on a WinTel machine. Yech!