decisions decisions

Who knew planning your future could be so crazy?? Ok, really I did know that it could be crazy...our whole married life has been crazy, a twist here, a turn there....I am hoping this next step might be a straight line for a while. Just when we thought we were Kentucky bound another twist has popped up. Not necessarily a bad twist, just a twist. In January, Taxworks, (who Kris worked for before moving here to Maine) anyway, Taxworks, contacted Kris to go do some contract work for a company based out of Tracy, CA. He actually did the work for them up in Seattle, WA. He was gone the month of Jan. up there. Well, right before he left to fly home, he met with one of the owners of the company (Chuck Petz) Chuck picked Kris's brain about starting up a QA dept for their business, they talked for a long time. He even thought maybe he wanted Kris to do sales for them and to be a sales manager for them, live on the east coast and work primarly over the areas of NY and NJ. Anyway, they were not prepared to make an offer at that time, they needed to get through their tax season and to see what their projected growth would be. That information came back this month for them and they just flew Kris and I out for the weekend, to interview, to look around, to see the areas, the schools, etc. They came back with one offer today, which was good, but not enough for northern california. So Kris counter offered, so we will see what they come back with. I don't think they intentionally low balled, in fact It was a really good offer, but we need to ask for what we need as well. So...on the flip side, Kris did tell ZirMed (where he is working in Kentucky) that he was going to go on the interview in California. They were supportive of that and wanted to talk to him when he got back. They are meeting tomorrow but let him in on the fact that they see him becoming the QA Architect in the next short while (with in 4-6 months) This would mean an increase in salary and stock options plus some other benefits. Both are really amazing places to work, both are amazing places to live. Both offer some great things and both are growing, even in this economy. ZirMed just broke ground on a new building as well. So we have a lot of decisions to make in the next few days. I think I know where we are leaning and then we both bring up other concerns, options etc and we lean another way....So we will post when the decision is final
In the mean time, It was really fun to be in San Francisco for a few days and even more fun to be with my husband. Below are some pics of our trip.

One of the bay bridges
the sailboats down by pier 39
Pier 39. We enjoyed a yummy bowl of clam chowder in a sour dough bread bowl!
Kris near the water...see he does exist! lol
A cool black and white of Alcatraz Island....you can go on a flashlight tour every Friday the 13th and every Halloween...fun...or creepy!