Current mood:

Pleased

So I figured I owe you an update.

My second... and third interviews with Ameriprise were awesome. Let's just say that when I was done with them, they knew they couldn't live without me as a part of their business.

Thing is, the day after my 2nd interview with Ameriprise, I had an interview with JP Morgan/Chase for a loan officer assistant position. The position is in their Emerging Markets department... Their focus is doing loans for people under-represented in the housing market. Specifically racial minorities and gay and lesbian couples. This department goes out of their way to help these people... which a lot of other banks won't even deal with because they are complicated (credit issues, no down payments, title issues, etc.).

Needless to say, Chase captured my heart. It's like civil rights in the mortgage industry! Be still my beating heart.

So, Ameriprise offered me a job... and I hadn't heard back from Chase yet (I had a 2nd interview in Spanish with Chase the same day as my job offer from Ameriprise.) So, I said yes to Ameriprise, but told them I'd call them the next morning with a definitive answer (apparently a no-no in the business, but I somehow got away with it.) Raymond and I laid in bed and talked about it...

We finally came to the decision that while working as a financial advisor would be awesome, it wouldn't really be worth giving up law school for... (the expenses of tests for advising and school applications both were way too much... it had to be one or the other.)

I "officially" received my offer from Chase in the mail today. Needless to say, I've accepted. Because in addition to helping minorities, I will be using my Spanish AND getting paid a lot to do it.

So, I'll probably take 2 years off from school instead of one... to work and save some money. I'll probably end up moving in with Raymond pretty early next year... but don't tell him that. And Raymond, just pretend you didn't read that. :-*

On that note, Raymond's family (minus his sister) came over to my house for Thanksgiving with my family. It was good times. Food... Pictionary... and desserts. It was the first time our families met, so there was a lot of anticipation, but it went well. No arguments or embarassing episodes on either side. Praise Jesus we have families that love us.

Anyway, I start my new job sometime in the middle of December... hopefully earlier if I can get the drug testing and finger-printing done sooner. Here's to hopefully having money for the holidays!


Grace,
I've only been to Counter Culture during the day. I've heard it's pretty cool at night, but I've only heard about nights with DJs, not with Poetry Slams. Have you been to the poetry slams at Essenza in Mesa?