Every hear the expression "I'm so happy, I could cry"? -- Well that sums up my current disposition. I've got a wonderful, thoughtful and sexy husband, we have a nice (inexpensive) home in Manhattan that's not perfect, but we like, and my new job has been simply wonderful the past few working days... I've been meeting many of the people I will be working with to accomplish business goals, and they've all been simply amazing! ... I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop. Everything has been "too perfect" for me this month.

In other news, I just got the green light for my annual UK trip for the Great British Bear Bash. I booked the flights, hotels, etc. months ago -- getting a new job raised concerns that asking for time off within the first 30 days would be really, really bad. Thankfully, my manager understood and isn't concerned about me taking the time off and told me to "have fun". I leave this time next week.

The trip, in a nutshell will be: Manchester for the GBBB, Nottingham for some time with Dave Pike, down to London where K.K. will meet me up at Chris H. and Wai-Liang's for a couple of days, then into the Channel Tunnel on the Eurostar to beautiful Paris, France for two more days... sigh. Could my life be any more perfect right now?

I keep telling myself "I deserve this", but I don't sound too convincing. ;-)