Awake 7:35 am Temp downtown 16 Some sun 5 hrs 42 min daylight
Call Al in Sun City, AZ. We are storing our motorhome on his property & he
keeps a close eye on the machine. He says it's still in one piece. I let
him know that we'll be winging our way down there mid January 2005.
Call Dick in Phoenix to find out if they will be attending the next Newell
rally in Tucson Jan 23. He didn't know at this time. They have a lot going
on right now...packing & moving to their new home @ Pebble Creek, West of
Phoenix area, then getting their BIG home ready for selling in Phoenix.
Dick will let us know in a few weeks.
Son Zack calls: He sounded a little melancholy from the start...then we
find out why: Microsoft turned him down. This is the one company he really
wanted to work for. He made it thru all five interviews @ Microsoft so he
figured he might have a decent chance....but he did mention that his fifth
interview was not so good. He was tired & worn out. Zack has been a
Microsoft fan since early high school. We felt bad for him. So we begin
talking about his options:
Chicago Board of Trade made him a firm offer; Isilon, in Seattle, made him
a firm offer; as well as Cisco Systems. Of these three he prefers Isilon,
but Microsoft is still his number one choice. He has not been that gung-ho
about working for other companies that he has interviewed with.
We begin discussing the driving distance from West Lafayette, Indiana to
Seattle, Washington. He asks me for my estimate: I tell him 2200. "Hold
on" he says. "I'll just look it on my computer. Dad, you're way off. It's
2195." About that time he begins to laugh....What's going on we ask! He
just then had an e-mail from Microsoft asking him to fly back to Seattle
for another interview. They think they may have a team for him to work
with.
6:30 Dinner: Pork tenderloin, tomatoes & snap peas with tarragon sauce,
mashed potatoes & gravy.
Mid evening: We watch DVD library movie: " Almost Famous." Pretty good &
somewhat interesting.
Lights out: 11:46 pm
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