All week long I've been saying to Ted that my friend, let's call her Mary, has been avoiding me as she won't return any of my calls to her. She has done this before and for the absolutely dumbest reasons on earth. Anyway, this time it hit me. She is pissed off because we suggested that she send a CASE of wine, rather than one bottle as she had said, over to a dear old friend of ours, one that she just met for the very first time here a couple of months ago, and who she hit on to help her daughter get a job. And he did help her land a plum position in an area that she is really keen on. There was no way on earth this little gal could have found this job without major intervention on our friend's part. (I have told you guys about this friend before - he's the fellow that had a ho hum job then went on to invent a gadget for fishing poles, then refitted minivans for paraplegics, and made a small fortune.) Oh, and Mary asked me if I would take this bottle of wine to our friend as the daughter felt "weird" doing so. I replied that I would, but my voice likely gave me away that I found that request ridiculous.
So, as silly as it is, Mary has taken umbrage at our recommendation that a case of wine would be more appropriate than a single bottle, considering the strings pulled for the daughter. Ugh.
So what are you guys up to today? It's rainy and yicky here, but the leaf sucker truck came back at 8 this morning and picked up our pile. Yippee, lol.
Oh for heaven's sake! My friend who moved to Florida can get like that sometimes too, over nothing whatsoever. She has a "thing" about her birthday, and if you don't shoot in a phone call before noon, she either won't talk to you when you DO call, or she makes some snide remark like, "Oh, I see you finally remembered."
I don't get it. She's a very sweet, caring, and generous person. This birthday thing (which I couldn't care less about when it comes to my own) is just beyond me!
It's pouring rain here today, and I'm afraid to look at the basement. If it lets up for a minute, I'll run outside, and put down our tacky blue tarp!
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Haha, I can't off the top of my head think of a friend like that. Though I am sure I have them. Today is just another boring day at work. Just got through looking at the pictures from the CMA's last night. I was happy to see Shania Twain. She is looking good, though she should use less tanner.
Anyways, the computer program I work off of just totally froze on me so I had to restart it. Just when I actually had work to do too. Ugh
I know, KaeEll. I think my friend learned a bit of a hard lesson, though, and isn't quite so bad about her birthday anymore.
One of her longtime friends, Linda, used to forget to call her, and my friend would pitch a fit! She wouldn't speak to Linda, etc., etc., and Linda would just laugh it off (which was exactly the right thing to do). Well, a few years ago, Linda died suddenly, and when my friend's birthday rolled around again, she remembered how she used to give Linda so much grief about the missed calls. She realized that she would give anything just to hear a belated birthday call from Linda that year.
Shelly, I'm irritated today because I'm in the mood to throw myself into a bit of genealogy research on a line that I've ignored for a few years. Well actually, I started this yesterday, but late yesterday afternoon, the Ancestry.com site crashed, and it's still not back up today!! Very unusual... It's the perfect rainy day to do some of this, and now I'm sitting here frustrated instead. I'm afraid I'll forget my train of thought by the time the site's back up, and it's really the ONLY place I can check census reports.
Grrrr................
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Shania looks great, doesn't she??!! I've missed her, but she's back now, and Mutt-less, lol.
Sad story about Linda, Moore. I hope that made a difference to Florida friend. I had been laughing off Mary's latest nonsense until this morning. It must be the rain.
Brandon I am exhausted. But I think that is just par for the course at this point. And yes Kae I have missed Shania too. I am thrilled that she has been writing more. I can't wait for a new song.
The rain is making me sleepy, Brandon. I offered in the Wednesday thread to bring all of you sickly ones a vat of chicken soup!
KaeEll, Linda's death was horrible! She'd had some foot surgery, and had some screw removed, or something fairly simple. She told her doctor that she wasn't feeling well, though, and apparently her color wasn't good either. He told her she'd be fine, and gave her a prescription. She went home, and while her husband was out getting her prescription, she began to feel very strange. She called his cell, and told him to come home because she didn't "feel right". By the time he got there, she was dead.
Okay, the rain must be making me talk about depressing things this morning!
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