Not a big deal but I thought I'd post that I didn't get the office job I interviewed for that would have been a promotion. Honestly, when I found out that I didn't get the job my very first reaction was a deep feeling of.....relief. Now I don't have to bluff my way around an office environment (it's been awhile since I've had to) and I don't have to mess with getting a late model car and deal with the cash outflows that would entail......
I don't have to think in terms of image 24/7 and I can be more me and more real (though of course not at the level I am here). I am content with my current checks and given that I am afraid to grow old in the United States, should I make it to elderly status, I don't have to amass as much as those staying here need to.
So all in all, I gave it my best shot and I'm actually satisfied with the outcome. I retain the same status in the Family Book in Vienna and I'm (mostly) good with most of my neighbors in the 85006. And I'm certainly challenged in my current position - there's often last minute crises (plural of crisis?) that I am adept at handling and making go away. So it's all good. Rob