my life has suddenly taken on a very interesting, happy ending-ish kinda turn. i found out yesterday that i am indeed worthy of being kept in this country as a working 'citizen' and that there is hope for me after all =) the CIO of the BIS department that i work for now said that if i do decide to come back and work for them full time, i should let them know by february of next year so they can get started on the paperwork and such. he also told me that i should keep my options opened because he believes that other companies will give me the chance he has given me too (i think he was referring to the companies he referred me to, so thats a good sign). but nevertheless, i have a backup plan.

then i went home and in my inbox, there is an email that made my heart spin faster than a spinning top -- the COO that i spoke to early this week forwarded my resume on to one of the companies that he works closely with, and must have made a good recommendation, because the CEO of that company said that i sounded like a good fit (based on the recommendation) and that my resume looked stellar! and i should expect a call in the next few weeks or something! aahhh!!

and on top of all that, i have secured a graduate assistantship with the place i used to work for before i went internship crazy. this position requires me to become a project coordinator, programming for events that will be of interest to adult students. and as far as i can tell, adult students are mostly interested in career and networking events, so heck -- even I will benefit from that! there will be a stipend involved with this position (which means i will make more than i did last time), and apparently my tuition will get waivered! i duno how that will turn out, since i am on a scholarship and all .. maybe if im lucky, i will get a check cut out in my name and i will get, oh, i duno .... $10k or something per quarter ..hehehehe =)

but even without the tuition waiver, i will be fine, and man, i am relieved in some way that i at least HAVE something to fall back on..... *phew* i just gotta make sure that i dont get hired on to do things that will put me in the humiliating spot of being someones nose-wiper.

today will be a special day. mike will be pampered all day and later on tonight, there will be a house party thrown and i will get to 'entertain' people. not that i like doing that much -- entertaining people is such a motherly/fatherly kinda chore ... but i get to see my old friends, so im happy enough and we will soooo get trashed .. woo! see yall lata!