Today when I woke up this morning, the sky was all orange and it cast this orange light all over the city. It looked like sunset, but it was morning. I found out it was because of this major fire that is happening in Orange County. There were many homes in danger of being consumed. The smoke was defracting the sunlight all over my part of the city. It was really weird. Anyways, I was reminded of the time when I was about 10 years old and there was this major fire near my house. I lived in Camarillo outside of town in the boonies. So there was alot of brush between the homes. Our property was actually on fire, and the flames were about 50 feet from the house. It was really scary. I remember I was in the back seat of the car down the street watching this happen. I don't think I was ever more terrified in my entire life. My dad was up there with the garden hose dowsing everything around the house that could burn. A photographer from the local newspaper was taking pictures of him. My dad was annoyed because the man wouldn't help him, but just kept taking pictures. That is annoying.

Anyways, I had my fellowship group tonight at church. I really enjoy it. It's called The Foundation. It's the Friday night version of The Foundry. Anyways, afterwards I always go to Wendy's and get a frosty (cuz they are so good). Well, last week something unusual happened. I go through the drive-thru like normal. I order politely like I normally do and drive up to the window. The lady hands me my frosty and my change and I put the frosty down and put my change in my wallet. While I was doing this, the lady was speaking Spanish to another lady. I didn't think much of it cuz I live in L.A. and this happens all the time. Once I got my things in order, I looked up and was ready to take off, but I noticed that the ladies weren't facing each other. They were both leaning on the window and looking at me while they were talking. I wish I had paid more attention to what they were saying. All I could pick up was "me gusta". I said "bye" to them to which they both waved in unison and said "bye" in a way that I can only describe as "swoony". Well, tonight I had my friends, Harrison and Justin, in the car. I told them the story and then after Foundation tonight, we went to Wendy's. I thought for sure this wouldn't happen again. There was a line this time at the drive-thru and a man took my order. When I pulled up to pay though it was the same two ladies. The second lady was busy this time though so she didn't hang out at the window. So I took my frosty and my change and I put it in my wallet. I put my wallet back in my pocket thinking she isn't going to say anything because they are busy and I have a couple guys in the car this time. I look up to leave and just as I do, I notice she's leaning on the window looking at me, and she says something directly to me in Spanish very quickly. I didn't recognize a single word. I said "bye", and she does the same wave and says "bye" in the swoony fashion. I kept my composure as I pulled away, but we didn't get far when we all burst out laughing. It happened just the way I told them it would. Now it's killing me to know what she said. So next time I'm grabbing Giovanni and we're going to get a frosty at Wendy's. Giovanni is black, but he's from Colombia so Spanish is his native language. Anyways, if she did it with two other guys in the car, she'll do it again when Gio is with me. I won't be at Foundation next week though so I'll have to wait two weeks to find out.

Anyways, I have to work tomorrow even though it's Saturday. Today, around 3pm, one of my coworkers said there was nothing more we could do that day since something was wrong with the software, but it would be fixed in time for us to test on Saturday (dang). So I figured if there is nothing to do, I'm just going to leave since I have to work tomorrow anyways. I wasn't so frustrated today though. You see, I contacted a former manager of mine. I was on loan to his project prior to working on this one. They do alot of cool video stuff and they are quite starved for people with strong video backgrounds like me. When I was told by my management to work on the project I am on now, he offered me a raise and a promotion to get me to switch to his organization, nothing specific, just anything to keep my interest. I declined because I felt his organization wasn't as stable in spite of the merger. But now that I'm so discontent with what I do now and there is nothing interesting in my organization, I figure I might as well take the risk since I want to quit anyways. If I do get laid off, at least I'll get the severance package. I'm not so worried about layoffs anyways because the organization does have business coming down the pipe and it is most likely that there will not be layoffs. It is true that the percentage for layoffs is higher though. Anyways, I shot off an email to this former manager and told him things weren't working out for me here as I had hoped and was wondering if he had any opportunities that could use my expertise. He replied and said "Absolutely!" and I have an informal interview set up this Monday. Things are looking up. I hope I can still get the raise, but more importantly, I just hope I enjoy working on whatever is in store.