Power to the People

There is a God, and she is good (unless she is really just a big jokester, and the email I received from the benefits-powers-that-be at Viacom just an hour ago is part of some horrible prank):

As a result of the input you’ve given to us directly through the sessions and your managers, we want to announce the following changes:

· We are expanding our freelance and temporary medical and dental benefits options to include the United Healthcare plan under which many of you are currently covered. This means anyone who is eligible for benefits in 2008 can opt for medical and dental coverage with United Healthcare at the current rate of contribution, or you can elect instead to enroll in the newly offered Aetna plan.

Thank you, Viacom. I feel like I just won the freaking lottery, and I want to give credit where credit is due, though I'm not sure in whose lap to put the credit. I don't even care why they changed their minds really...All I know is that I would have been willing to bet body parts that that note would never have hit my mailbox, not in a million year.

That sound you hear? That's me, breathing, for the first time in five days.