My client’s offered to pay for my time so that I can go to JavaOne! Actually, that happened a couple of weeks ago. But the request has sat on my boss’s desk since then, due to a combination of external factors. I had nearly written the request off as a “not going to happen”, but decided to give it one more go. Sent off an email requesting a response, stating that I needed to let my client know if I was going or not (rather than saying, “I really wanna know now!”), and got back a request for a cost estimate for the trip. Sent it off… waiting and hoping… drooling over a whole set of sessions that I’d love to attend…