And so...

Well, the verdict is probably in - I will not be hired permanently. Anytime soon. :( The "good" news is that there were 3 positions up in the air before the merger, and mine was the only one to survive. According to J, they are not going to get rid of me, it just means that I will "be a contractor for much longer than we anticipated."

I guess there's a good side and a bad side to it all. As Chimera says, "just think of it as not having to commit." HA! Well, it means I make more money, but it means that I have no health insurance, and no vacation.

On an unrelated note - why can't you get Valium over the counter?