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[jianantonic]

When someone says "I'll call you right back," how long do you wait before you assume they forgot?  You'd think they'd remember, since they're trying to sell me something, but I've been waiting by the phone for 20 minutes now.  Grumble.  It has been remarkably difficult to give these people my money.  (It's for my cousin's wedding gift.) 

Anyway, other than this very inefficient gift-buying process, today's been very productive.  I had been dreading a work call, because I knew I was going to get scolded, but the scolding never materialized.  There were constructive criticisms, but much friendlier ones than I had assumed were coming based on the email loops I've been in with my superiors lately.  But instead of 30 minutes of "you're fucking up way too much," it was 30 minutes of "you're doing a great job, but we need more of x, y, and z -- tell us how we can help you with that."  A pleasant surprise indeed.  Whenever I get requested for a work meeting, it feels a lot to me like the dreaded "we need to talk."  But it's always super friendly and cool.  So I need to get over my fear of these phone calls.  I have another one on Thursday.

I really fucking love my job.  All the worst parts of it are in my head.  The reality of it is that I get to read about exciting travel ideas every day, learn things about the world, and participate in some of these travels.  Who cares if I don't make any money?  Most people pay to live like I do.  I guess I sort of left things hanging about the big exciting thing I was hyped up about last week.  It's work-related, but not a promotion or anything like that.  Just a really exciting press trip.  But it's still not confirmed, so, bah.  It sounds like it's going to happen, but I'm not certain.  So I'm still excited about it, but can't spill the details just yet.

Alright, I'm calling this woman back.  Seriously, just take my money already!