today i was extended the job offer for the position on the executive relations team that i had been interviewing for. it’s a 3% pay increase (works out to be something like $50-$100 extra per paycheck), so it’s not much, but every little bit helps and at least it’s a new position with hopefully a little bit of variety in my work. that starts on monday.

i went to the mini dealership after work and they had already placed the order and removed the license plates from my car and everything already. what we’re actually doing is they’re going to send me a check for $11k, and then i endorse that over to them so they can apply it towards the new car, so it’s already ordered without putting down any actual deposit as of yet.

i was still debating on some other changes during the day, but the biggest one is the color — it’s now going to be laser blue instead of mellow yellow. i figured that if i got the mellow yellow version, i’d keep comparing it to my first mini, but if i got a different color then i’d be able to appreciate its own personality. it’s like having a girlfriend, and then after breaking up with her you hook up with her twin sister that has a different fashion sense, and you expect her to like your fart jokes just like your first girlfriend did, but only because they look kind of the same.

anyway, here’s the deets! even though they had already placed the order, it wasn’t a problem to change some of the options since the big thing was to at least get it put into the order system.

i think they actually put my car in one of their regular slots for dealership lot cars; if i go to the owner’s lounge online and put in my production number, the owner’s lounge says that it’s a 2008 mini cooper s, but it’s sparkling silver in color. so, i’ll have to try again in a day or so once it’s updated. the nice thing about that is my motoring advisor confided that the build date has been pushed up about a week, so i guess i can expect to take delivery of my car a little sooner.

no idea about a name for it yet. it’s blue, so i guess that makes it a “blue”smobile? ha! ha! actually, if i go with the film “the blues brothers” as inspiration, i may call it “our lady of blessed acceleration”, or “OLOBA” for short, haha…

i was a little sad when i took the car there yesterday and gave them the title and the lien release forms (mom didn’t make me feel un-sad by saying “but that was your buddy, you went everywhere in that car!!” – thanks mom :P), but today was all excitement. i can’t wait! 🙂

now i need to see about taking my license plates to the mva by the end of the month. it’s kind of funny, instead of renewing my car’s registration, i’m just going to get a whole new car instead. (great, now i’ll need to memorize a new license plate number!)