Good News, Bad News and Crossed Wires

So, I'll start with the good news...

For those of you who don't know, I was offered a new job last week. I'm getting more and more excited about it. It's for a very progressive software development company and the more I learn about them, the better it sounds.

It comes with a very, very nice pay increase, which when you consider that we've been living paycheck to paycheck for the past year, and have been worried about exceeding the limit on our credit card for the last 6 months comes at a very good time.

We're hopeful that we can pay down the debt, and maybe even take the wee Koda's on their first proper vacation in about 7 years. Apparently weekends away while Dads engages in endurance events don't quite count.

I'm excited to be in a new environment too, where noone knows my Mormon status, and where I can grab a cup of Joe in the morning and not have to hide it.

There isn't much bad news fortunately. I do have a number of friends at my current job, and it's going to be sad to say good bye to them, although hopefully we'll still stay in contact.

The other bad thing, is that the new job will likely keep me very busy - which I like, but that won't allow as much time for blogging.

And crossed wires... Mrs Koda's mother is a great lady, but she stresses out waaaay to much. My current position is in the public sector, and so has a little more security that other positions. The thing is though, that I'm an at-will employee, which means I could be let go at any time, and while I am in a very secure position right now, that doesn't mean things won't change.

So Grandma Koda was stresses out, convinced that as soon as I entered the private sector, I would be laid off. And so to ease her worries, Mrs Koda explained the at-will nature of my position, and that it wasn't totally secure.

Did I mention I work with one of her relatives... So the explanation that noones job is really 100% guaranteed got twisted, and this weekend, the relative was informed that I was leaving because I was worried I was going to be laid off.

My boss, who to his credit has tried exceptionally hard to try and keep me, heard this and freaked out, thinking he had indicated to me that my job was in jeopardy...

Funny how people hear what they want to. On the plus side though, it did give her something else to worry about, other than the fact that Obama wants to kill all the old people - AND YES... THEY'RE STILL CONVINCED OBAMA WANTS DEATH PANELS.