More Random Updates

Brrrr!!! It's friggin' COLD up here! Allan blames me, as this cold snap coincided with my return to SB from LA last Thursday.

Thursday was our 4-year anniversary (what a nice, neat date-- Nov 1st) so we dressed up and headed downtown for some dinner. We even dressed Todd in his suit, figuring we might as well get at least one more use out of it. Unfortunately the restaurant was crowded, I was starving and didn't want to wait 30 minutes for a seat outdoors, and we opted to eat outside, under the heaters. All I can say is, I'm glad I ordered hot tea with my meal, because BRRRR!!! I was frozen by the time I finished my meal and though I had room for dessert, we didn't stay. Instead, we rounded out our Italian meal by grabbing some Tiramisu Gelato from Trader Joe's on our way home.

It's been a fun week, lots of quality bonding time with Toddy, especially during the week when Allan's away at school all day and I'm basically full-time Mommy. What an exhausting task! But soooo much fun!

Todd made a new friend on Monday-- a little redheaded girl around his age (and her siblings), she lives across the way from us, and they had fun playing in the sandbox and toy kitchen in her back patio. It was refreshing to see him cast away his usual shyness and see him interacting so much with another little kid! First time I observed it was when we met Molly in Oregon, this was pretty much the same scenario-- except that since he's nearly 6 months older than when he met Molly, his vocabulary has expanded and he could talk more and hold actual conversations with the other kids. Hard to believe he's no longer a baby and is turning into an actual little person who can reason and think and talk (and talk back sometimes!)

Last week I got an actual job offer from the "adult industry" company. I interviewed with them the week before and learned that they are actually a consulting company whose clients are porn industry leaders, like Vivid. They run the e-commerce, web stuff and marketing for Vivid et al. It was mighty tempting-- the job itself sounded interesting, the pay was decent and the benefits (well, retirement, anyway) were EXCELLENT. But in the end I decided I wouldn't be comfortable having to hide aspects of my job from family and friends, and by that time I was getting ready to interview with another company (the one Allan will start at in January) so I declined. Bit of a gamble, since I still don't know how things will pan out with this other company, so I'm a bit anxious.

This Friday I have an on-site interview at the second company (here in Santa Barbara). I'm a bit nervous, which is unusual because I rarely get nervous at anything. But it promises to be interesting and potentially grueling. First of all, the inital phone screen I underwent last week consisted of TONS of technical questions. Second of all, the recruiter advised me that they'd study my resume and quiz me accordingly (in other words, I'd better know my shit down-pat!). Third of all, I'm interviewing from 9am to 1pm. And since I was warned to eat a huge breakfast, I'm not counting on lunch.

Anyway, I've been studying this week and doing lots of review (I feel like I'm back in school again) and am anxiously anticipating the day after tomorrow. Please send good vibes my way on Friday-- I feel like I'll be needing it! Thanks :-)

(originally posted at:  http://www.myspace.com/hellykwee/blog/326521208)