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First, a trio of birthday shout outs to (

robcelt), Cris (

slacker_x), and Patrick (

shadowcub)!
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Some of you may remember that there was a job opportunity that I was being considered for in San Antonio. They talked to me a couple of times in late November and early December, including a call from a former coworker of mine. I was interested since it's pretty much an equal position to my own.

The thing is of course, it's in the wrong city. I love my San Antonio friends - and have been negligent in coming out there to visit, but it's just not the place for me to live, if I could live in Dallas with Chris. This is even with the possibility of more money. I'd still be spending more to live alone in SA, and I would to live together in Dallas.

I just think it's interesting that today, after several weeks, the San Antonio job called up saying that they would like to talk to me again. I'll admit that I was intrigued, but since I got the call late in the day, I couldn't call back to tell them that I had already taken another position. I'm interested just because of the company and the idea of the rewards, but I'd be likely miserable just waiting to get to Dallas again.

Still, it almost feels cruel, as if someone wants to give me a "what if?" situation to go over in my head. I need to realize that I've made my choice, a good choice with lots of possibilities. even though the jobs a rung down on the ladder, and I need to stick with it now that things are in motion.

Otherwise, I am glad that I have had the chance to subtly tell my company what I think. Not that i was ever that shy before, but now I've been free to go out on a few limbs. Only my boss and Gina know, and now Tim who's working on a team who's mission is to merge teams within the new department. I dropped an entire finished, researched proposal on his desk that could help define their path - one that protects my group and kills off an team that has outlived it's usefulness. It's bound to create a crapstorm, because the supervisor of that group holds a lot of power. Hopefully they will be able to make the hard decisions.

The company, in a major state of flux also released a survey to ask if the company was headed in the right direction, and if that direction was being communicated clearly. Of course I said no, and wrote at length why I thought it wasn't. Near the end of the survey, the question came up asking "Do you intend to leave [the employer}?" I laughed heartily and clicked "Yes" knowing the deed was already done.

I tell my team tomorrow. Then will begging the work of transitioning all my projects to them as is allowable. I wonder what their reaction will be like. I guess they'll tell me soon when my exit interview will be scheduled. One more chance to speak my mind.

I did tell Screaming Amy, who left for another group a while back, and she wants to throw a good going away party for me. There's very few of us who were around 7 years ago, so there's always a big event when one of us goes. It should be very interesting.