Why It Feels Good To Be Me Right Now

Having a birthday in August sucked a fat one when i was a little kid. Remember when you used to take cupcakes to school for your whole class and all your friends would kiss up to try and get an extra one? Well, being that my b-day was during summer vacation, i never got that special type of ill-begotten attention. Though my parents always made an effort to make my b-day special, it was tough to have much of a party as many of my friends travelled during the summer. I used to be bitter about all that.

But not anymore - today has already made up for every sub-par b-day i have ever had.

I woke up this morning and rushed out to San Ramon for a follow up interview with a company that i am very interested in. And low and behold, they hired me on the spot! Now, anyone who has ever read anything on this page surely knows full well that i place my current working experience just about the width of a pubic hair below shoving an ice pick under each of my toenails...so this is great (great, great, great) news!

But it doesn't end there. As i got back into my car, beeming over the prospect of giving my two-week notice, i found that i had voicemails from 7 different people wishing me a happy b-day, some from friends i had not heard from in awhile...some of them even singing! Then i get to work, only to be treated by one of my female coworkers to a b-day cake and a plate full of sweets.

You like me! You really like me!!!

I am giddy with happiness at the moment...the kind of happy that i will be embarrassed about later cause i am acting silly and 99% of it born solely of my relief to finally be leaving this place, but damn, it feels nice right now.