It is pertty much official... Today I accepted a formal job offer from Games Workshop and I'll be headed to Seattle in 2 weeks. The deal is that I put in 3 to 6 months training for the position of Cell manager then the company will pay for my relocation to the East Coast... Hopefully Virginia. They are providing me a studio apartment in Seattle for 3 months at their expense. So, needless to say I have to leave the family here in California for a while. Frankly, that I fear will give me the most trouble of this whole plan.

My son is three years old and we are so close. I have so much fun playing with him and I take so much joy in his smiling face. It'll be very hard to live without him. Even for a short period of time! Also, my girls need my presence. They are at that tender age where they need guidance. I told them the news today and it got a little emotional. I'm just so afraid that something is gonna happen and they will need me. I guess I have to put their well being in God's hands and have some faith. He's guided me this far and I have to believe he won't let me down.

Another thing that disturbs me about this move is that I won't be around to help my Armenian friend. We've grown so close and I want to see him through his difficulty. I told him the news today and I could tell it bothered him that I was going. It's just so hard to find friends, I mean TRUE friends who will stick by you. I hate to leave in his hour of need. I've had so many fair-weather friends in my life. It kills me to be one to someone who means so much to me. He goes to his next court hearing a few days before I leave for Seattle. My prayer is... Oh God please listen... Is that they drop the charges against him then.

Well, I've succeded in getting myself upset thinking about this. I know I should be happy going to work for my dream job. It just feels like I'm leaving unfinished business.

Well, I'm back from Los Angeles. It took a one day whirlwind trip to the "City of Angels" to speak to Dave, the West coast VP of operations for Games Workshop. It was a productive meeting. I learned alot more about what the company has in store for me. Basically, they said I'm being groomed for a cell managers position which covers multiple stores. They intend to send me to Virginia after I train in Seattle. I'm really excited about the prospect. I really can't wait to throw myself into the position and prove myself to them. However, I got a weird sense of things from Dave. He said he wants me to experience every aspect of the job and expects it to take over a year to train me. Of course, that doesn't jive with what was told to me by the people in Baltimore. I'm not sure what to think. The job is better than I imagined but at the same time it means more time in the big city. All my life I've avoided living in such a place. I almost feel like I'm compromising my values to settle for Seattle. At the same time, I've heard that Seattle is alot like Mordor in that rains all the time and is cold and overcast for most of the year. YUCK!! I really don't know if I could endure that again! I fell under such a deep depression in Mordor. I'm afraid a similar place like Seattle would have the same affect on me. God I'm so ready to throw myself into this, but I still have alot of thinking and consideration to do. I just wish they'd let me move myself to Virginia and then go to work for the company there.

Then to top things off they told me they would feed me while I was there. But, after the interview everyone left for several hours and I had nothing to do but help paint some scenery. When they returned, no mention was made of lunch, they just took me to the airport and dropped me off. Of course, I only had a few bucks left and I couldn't afford to buy a meal at the airport. So, to make a long story short I went the whole day without eating anything more than a bag of peanuts on the plane. I hope they don't treat all prospective employees the same way.

Anyway, I'm waiting for this next week when I'm supposed to hear something from them. With a little luck and a prayer I'll be off and running soon.