I had a small pseudo-coronary today: my job counselor left me a message on my home answering machine to call him back. His voice led me to think he had bad news.

Turns out he just has a cold. He was calling to invite me to the office X-Mas party tonight, which was too short notice.

The aggrivating thing is: he said the OPHQ will make a decision on sponsoring an extension of my contract within two weeks - which comes to the end of this current contract.

That would be a great holiday gift: "You no longer have a job! Merry Christmas!"