my moral standing is lying down

Ahaha, so I've been back in NYC for almost three weeks now. It has felt simultaneously much shorter and much longer than that. I've been mostly helping out my mom with my father who's been sick (in and out of the hospital for the last 6 weeks). He's home now and doing a lot better but there are still moments where his stubbornness overrides what little good sense he has and it basically creates a lot of problems for all the rest of us. =/

My first week back I interviewed at the headquarters of the company I was working for in LA. It wasn't an interview for a specific job at first, but the head of Research was looking to create an Audit & Compliance department and because of the apparently glowing recommendations from my boss and the head broker in LA, I'm going to be doing that for them come April 8th.

This is going to be a step up in responsibilities, though -- it's much more of a career-type job than just a work-to-make-money type job. So I'm kind of scared and nervous about it because I'm somewhat of a slacker even though I try not to be. But I'm going to be hired as a consultant for the first few months, which will give us all a chance to see how this works out, on both sides.

So that does sort of throw my Philly plans up in the air for now -- if the job doesn't work out then I can still go to Philly but if it does actually work out... well, it may turn out to be worth staying in NYC for anyway. I definitely have mixed feelings because I really wasn't ready to be back in NYC quite yet. But there's also living with Rich which has been pretty awesome so far. <3

When did my life get so complicated?

I miss LA though.

PAX East in Boston is only 5 days away now. I'm pretty excited to be going to a con with so many friends again. It's been a while. There are a few panels I wouldn't mind attending but you know me, what I'm really looking forward to is the drinking/partying! =DDD It's kind of ridic that Muskrat Jamboree (which I'm not going to, sadly) is going to be like a mile away. I'm going to try to drop by and say hi to people if possible.

Tomorrow after work I'm taking the Bolt bus to Boston for muskratjamboree, henceforth to be referred to as "ratjam" which I picked up from somewhere I don't recall.

GUYS, I AM SO EXCITED I AM DOING PG ARMS IRL! \o/

I haven't looked at the schedule of panels or programming, but this is what's on my mental schedule:

1. DRINK!
2. GET DRUNK!
3. FUN WITH FRIENDS!
4. GO TO THAT TRANSGENDER PANEL (for real, I have to find out what day/time it is)
5. REPEAT STEPS 1-3.

I will unfortunately be missing both the Isles and the Flyers games completely since I'll be on the bus there and back for both. Does Bolt Bus have free wi-fi? Maybe I can stream it... I'd actually prefer a radio broadcast, but I don't know where to find an audio-only stream that I can load on my iPhone. =/