: Job offer :

I just wanted everyone to know that I got a job offer this morning, from my first choice of PR firm (and apparently, I'm their first choice as well, since it was only two days ago I spoke with the man in charge of the New York office). It's a very good offer, more than adequate for my needs - a lateral title move, about 20 percent more than I was making before (to compensate for higher expenses) and similar benefits. As I said previously, I feel a stronger connection to the people there than at the other two firms still in contention, but I'm still going to call the other two to see if offers will be forthcoming. I don't really think I'll need them as leverage, as the salary I was offered is right about what I was asking for, and more than fair, in my opinion.

So I gave notice to my apartment that I'll be moving out at the end of the month, and now comes the hard part - getting all packed and moving out there by Feb. 21 (day after President's Day). So blog updates may be a bit less frequent for a few days due to moving activity, but I'll be keeping everyone up to date.

The other issue of changing my name and gender took another blow today - the presiding judge also refused to hear the case, and threw it back down to the first judge. So now we are basically back where we started a week ago, except we know that the judge really doesn't want to hear this case, so I'm not very optimistic about her having a sudden change of heart. But I've overcome a lot of obstacles in the past year, so maybe there's one more miracle left.