Lie To Me (But Not My Folks)

I did not think it would happen, but this truly is the year of the ox, according to my friend Ian’s mom. She said I would have a good year in 2009 and while it has been a rough start, the bull is finally coming home (not on Wall Street, on my street!).

Last week I got a call from Sony Online Entertainment—a call I had been waiting for a while. It was funny because Dave told me that he received a memo stating I was to be trained on May 26th. I was truly excited, if not a little conflicted, because even though I am not a fan of my current job, it is better than nothing. After consulting with my mom and dad, I decided to go for the gold and switch to Sony.

I called back and asked if they would be willing to push my training back to June 1st, when I return from Omaha. The answer was decidedly less than what I had hoped for. I guess they needed someone right away and if I could not train on that day, then they could not offer me the job.

Bummed is a light word for it. I felt really crappy that the timing was so bad, but the lady who hired me, Suzy, was really awesome and said she could call me next week or the one after that and something would come up. Sony still wanted me.

To make matters worse, my aunt practically tore me apart for not taking the job. I explained that I was not going to give up the Great Plains Theater Conference after they had been so awesome in getting me to Omaha and putting on “Dahmer.” From a woman I consider more a sister than an aunt, I was told to lie to my parents about getting the job. She called again and said the same thing the next day, Mother’s Day, before I had even had a chance to tell my mom that she is the mother of all mom’s.

“Don’t tell her—it will just depress her.”

When I finally did tell them, they were fine with the decision. My dad said, hey, it is my life now and I can do with it what I want. The next day I was sitting for three hours in M.A.P.’s office, starting to crack the 86 blogs that of mine that he had to review (we only got through about 10 of them in that span of time and right now I believe there are 126 ready for his approval), when I missed two calls. One was from Dave, saying they were fine with hiring me and starting on June 1st. The second was Suzy calling to confirm it, saying, “Boy, I just knew this was going to happen.”

Me too…I just did not think so soon.

So, this week I go into my last week of SEO blogging and personal injury insanity, but, to be honest, I’m going to miss it. It was really a crazy place to work and despite all the weird rules and one crazy person in charge of it all. As for my aunt and I, well, we are back to being cool with each other. The second time she called, I kind of got a little mad and said I was not going to lie to my parents about a job and that somewhere down the line it would work out. I am happy I was right, but I am also kind of upset that it had to come to strong words between the two of us.

However, it is the year of the ox and good stuff is currently happening all around—why dwell on the bad?

Sony, baby, Sony…