I had my big meeting with Richard's partner on Friday. It went pretty well and I gave him my demands (the Salary I desire plus I expressed my interest in owning a piece of future ventures). He is to talk to Richard and they will get back to me. i told him since I am leaving for London on Wednesday to either call me by Tuesday or to get back to me next week. I really think that this is a great opportunity for me.

My workouts have slacked a bit as Jane has been out of town so I haven't really had much time. I will take some running shoes to London and hopefully I can run 2 times when I am over there. I also must take better care of my diet. Once I return home, I can get back to some serious crossfitting.

The stock market has been treating me well the last few weeks. In particular, I bought some Merk call options that have zoomed.

I have my big meeting today with Richard's partner. Most interview books and experts tell you to get a good night sleep before a meeting such as this. I instead opted to go out for beers last night and to go into the meeting with a slight hangover. I figure that I work that way from time to time and my perspective employer should see me in my usual light. LOL no really it was just a mistake in judgement that I must live with.

I had luch with a local guy that owns a construction company. His wife told him that I was looking to make a job change and he wants to hire me. He is at the point in his life where he is going to spend less time in the business as his 2 partners do more. They have several items on the plate for the next couple of years and that should set them all up. They want to reorg. the business and they want me to be the CFO for the gig. At first I wasn't too geeked about it, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it is exactly what I want. His partner is supposed to call me so we can set up a meeting this week or next to see exactly how this reorg. would take shape. If I can get assurance that there would be ownership possibility in the future, AND they can pay the salary that I need, I will take it. This could start the next chapter of my life.

Gym is still not open. So, I am still going to gym #2. I am just working on my CF warmup with a 5 set-5 rep excercise from CF total. I may do a CF total on Sunday Just to check against my bench mark. Gym Friday, run Sat, Gym Sunday-CF total sounds like a plan.

With the Kentucy Derby only a few weeks away, we are getting our invitations sent out. I like to add a little pizzaz every year, so this year I am looking for a unique way to smoke some ribs. I have many ideas and I will post them here shortly.

The gym is still not open. So, I joined another gym for a month. It was twice the price of my old gym, which sucks. Also, there are no bumper plates or chains. I really like the bumpers for OLY lifts, but they are not really necessary. Also, the old gym seemed more conducive to crossfitting. The fact that it is open is a plus. I am going to work for a month on the CF warm up and Olympic lifts. I will get back into serious CF'ing in May.

Taxes are all about done. I have a few more to finish up, but I think I can get them done before the deadline.

I am going to miss the opening day of trout season this year. This is the first time that I have missed in recent memory. I will go maybe next week, but this week I just need to focus on getting my tax work finished.

It only gets worse

So after getting emotionally devastated by the large food company yesterday, I went home for some more abuse. As I was finishing up some work, my wife came in to the office to ask for my help cleaning up the house. See, we have a cleaning person so we have to clean the house before she comes. This of course pisses me off as since we are cleaning anyway, why not just put in some extra effort and finish the job. When I got downstairs, my wife informed me that she somehow lost my JCU class ring. Somehow, she picked it up with my wedding band and my watch and inadvertently threw it in the garbage. She searched and could not find it. I looked too, but did not find it. That is why I never move her belongings. So yesterday, I was told that I was not good enough for my perfect job, and I lost a sentimentally important object. Yesterday, I really hated my life.

What worries me most is that I may not find a job that pays me what I need. My experience is in a low-margin field and now I am filled with self-doubt. I bought a book and I will go through the program contained in said book. I have to get out of this job, but first I have to get out of my mental slump.

A big kick in the nuts

I just got a call back from the recruiter from the perfect job. He said that they are going to keep the interview process open a little while longer as they are looking for someone with a little more auditing experience. He said that they both really liked me, but they were looking for someone with more audit experience. He said that I was still in the running, but I know that is most likely BS. This sucks so bad. I was feeling great about this possibility, and now I know that it is not going to happen. I wanted to so bad and it was so close, it just slipped out of reach. I have to step back and evaluate and replan.