kahluaworkkiddoboyfriendsundaysundaysunday!!!
*i have a new cat, he's 5 years old, black with white pawtips, white whiskera and a little white patch on his chest. his name is kahlua. he and whiskey acclamated to each other pretty damn quickly and are good buddies now. yay, no more lonely whiskey cat!
*work is getting better. after being dragged into my supervisor's boss's office after her getting in my face, yelling at me, and basically picking a fight, i realized i was sick of the game and ratted out my boss for some of her very unprofessional behaviour towards me - over the course of three years, she has taken to yelling, mocking, impersonating is a very catty way, encouraging me to quit over trivial issues, and even smacked me hard with a stack of envelopes. so now she's acting very polite and professional. it's great, especially since i rather like her as a person, but was beginning to despise and somewhat fear her as a boss. i wonder how long it'll last. i'm also voluntarily seeing a counselor in Employee Assistance to learn coping skills and other directions i can take the issue if it does continue. also, they have switched my schedule and are now letting me work circ downstairs wed-fri in the morning, and all day every other saturday...so i only work CS tues all day and wed-fri afternoons. MUCH better.
*momma's day was nice enough. some good gifts, worked OT 1/2 day, had pirate meeting. things there are...meh. it'll work or it won't, but i'm done stressing over it.
*zoe's doing great. school's about to get out, only one week longer or so before her first summer break. woohoo! and she'll be with my parents, rather than in daycare all day, most of the time. she'll come up for a week here and there to visit, and than come back full time again like normal before fall school session begins. also regarding family, dave's parents have moved back to the US finally, his dad retired. i'm having as little to do with them as i feel comfy doing while being totally polite. i was debating moving into one of their houses, so i'd get a good rental rate and they'd be happy to have kiddo so close, but dave and i discussed and agree now that having my SANITY is more important. i'll likely be moving into a NW neighborhood closer to work, or downtown near Pascale.
oh, and the big, odd new...I HAVE A BOYFRIEND. yup. his name is charles.
(and no he is not blonde or a practitioner of left hand path or voudoun. *shudders*)
i think he's atheist, actually. or agnostic at the least.
anyway, he's 37, he's a chef, very tall and thin, he was a chicago street punk for years and still has some of that orneryness in him. very smart, very funny, and very sexy to me. we only met two weekends ago, at Sara and Joe's party. but...things happen, especially when a cute and somewhat crazy guy starts following you around a party, then asks you to go for a walk, then just keeps asking you to see him. i'm loving it. it's just funny that i decided to roll with it for once instead of feeling uncomfortable and politely saying "no" like i usually do. it just felt right. so...yeah. it's moving a bit intensely and fast right now, but it should level out and slow down...i really do want to know this guy. i'm very comfy with him, on some levels it's like i've known him forever. i have no fear of him, and really care about him. and, oddly, we've brushed on the subjects of the big stuff..momogamy, marriage, kids, all that...and i feel that there's a lot of potential to work with, between him and i.
so much is happening, my world is in flux. where will it go from here?
anyway, talk amongst yourselves.
muah!
*work is getting better. after being dragged into my supervisor's boss's office after her getting in my face, yelling at me, and basically picking a fight, i realized i was sick of the game and ratted out my boss for some of her very unprofessional behaviour towards me - over the course of three years, she has taken to yelling, mocking, impersonating is a very catty way, encouraging me to quit over trivial issues, and even smacked me hard with a stack of envelopes. so now she's acting very polite and professional. it's great, especially since i rather like her as a person, but was beginning to despise and somewhat fear her as a boss. i wonder how long it'll last. i'm also voluntarily seeing a counselor in Employee Assistance to learn coping skills and other directions i can take the issue if it does continue. also, they have switched my schedule and are now letting me work circ downstairs wed-fri in the morning, and all day every other saturday...so i only work CS tues all day and wed-fri afternoons. MUCH better.
*momma's day was nice enough. some good gifts, worked OT 1/2 day, had pirate meeting. things there are...meh. it'll work or it won't, but i'm done stressing over it.
*zoe's doing great. school's about to get out, only one week longer or so before her first summer break. woohoo! and she'll be with my parents, rather than in daycare all day, most of the time. she'll come up for a week here and there to visit, and than come back full time again like normal before fall school session begins. also regarding family, dave's parents have moved back to the US finally, his dad retired. i'm having as little to do with them as i feel comfy doing while being totally polite. i was debating moving into one of their houses, so i'd get a good rental rate and they'd be happy to have kiddo so close, but dave and i discussed and agree now that having my SANITY is more important. i'll likely be moving into a NW neighborhood closer to work, or downtown near Pascale.
oh, and the big, odd new...I HAVE A BOYFRIEND. yup. his name is charles.
(and no he is not blonde or a practitioner of left hand path or voudoun. *shudders*)
i think he's atheist, actually. or agnostic at the least.
anyway, he's 37, he's a chef, very tall and thin, he was a chicago street punk for years and still has some of that orneryness in him. very smart, very funny, and very sexy to me. we only met two weekends ago, at Sara and Joe's party. but...things happen, especially when a cute and somewhat crazy guy starts following you around a party, then asks you to go for a walk, then just keeps asking you to see him. i'm loving it. it's just funny that i decided to roll with it for once instead of feeling uncomfortable and politely saying "no" like i usually do. it just felt right. so...yeah. it's moving a bit intensely and fast right now, but it should level out and slow down...i really do want to know this guy. i'm very comfy with him, on some levels it's like i've known him forever. i have no fear of him, and really care about him. and, oddly, we've brushed on the subjects of the big stuff..momogamy, marriage, kids, all that...and i feel that there's a lot of potential to work with, between him and i.
so much is happening, my world is in flux. where will it go from here?
anyway, talk amongst yourselves.
muah!