3rd time's the charm

Today I got my THIRD job offer after having THREE interviews with the company. I am incredibly excited about the offer and have accepted. I officially start tomorrow morning (1/10) at 9:00 with Morningstar. They are a US based financial company that provides independent financial research and financial tools for investors. I will have a dual-role position of PR and data relationship management. They moved offices this weekend, and I couldn't believe how posh their new office is. It was like being in a high-powered marketing agency... Later on down the road when I'm not worried about looking dumb, I'll take some photos and post them.

Their website is
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/
http://www.morningstar.com/
http://corporate.morningstar.com/US/asp/home.aspx?xmlfile=202.xml&pgid=hetopcompsite

I can't tell you how blessed I feel. Today I feel like I took a really big step in accomplishing one of my largest goals for this trip. God is very, very good. I celebrated by buying myself some raspberries!:)

On a side note...I have two examples of just how small our world is.

First, my second interview with Morningstar was a phone interview with their headquarters in Chicago. The individual that I interviewed with went to high school just down the street from my university in Tacoma.

Second, a few days ago I met two guys from Eugene, OR. Their U of O jacket kinda gave them away. We ended up talking and shooting some pool...later I found out that one of them used to play on the lacrosse team at U of O. A few years back they worked at the Lone Pine Farms Haunted Corn Maze as a fundraiser for their team. Now this is the very haunted corn maze that I haunted this past fall as the Lone Pine Witch.

I know, crazy!