friends
i have this great set/bunch of friends at work. we don't really spend time outside of work together but we spend time at work together....lunch time....a 'hello' in the corridor....a chat in our corrals together....and that time feels nice. (i'm trying to get in touch with my nice side without cringing or sounding stalkerish or worse, lame).
generally we have lunch together. i'm not sure if it is coincidence that we all end up in the lunch room at midday or whether some of us actually plan to be in the lunch room at midday knowing that's when the others have lunch. it doesn't matter!!!!!!!!!!!!!
our topics of conversation range from ummm masterbation (and one girl goes absolutely red faced at even the thought of the word being uttered out loud) (and NOOOOO we don't actually talk about the act of, just someone said the word one time)....to the latest celeb gossip (and what a stupid bitch Jen Anderson is for getting back together with John Meyer)....to the latest evictee of the most current reality tv show be it Idol, Model (next top or make me), Dance or BB....hey when you put it like that, it sounds cool...NOT tragic at all, really....NOT!!!
we talk about funny (??) stories about our partners - like the time kimmy's underwear ended up on the window-sill and her clothes strewn across the house - or the latest wedding/hens party/baby shower/engagement party we've been to. and of course there is a little bit of work gossip, but not much really.
but as i said, we don't spend a lot of time outside of work together. but we seem to know a lot about each others lives (including their families). i'm going to miss them (more than they realise and more than i know) when i'm gone.
and you know what is really nice about this bunch of friends is that they know you AND they still like you....i mean me.
an example....the other day we were looking at some photos of one of us (not me, one of my "lunch-time friends")....a photo came up and i said "geez look how fat you are in that photo" (or words to that effect)....and I GOT AWAY WITH IT...i got away with it because it's expected of me to say something so blunt as that. this girl knows me and doesn't take offense and actually she likes me regardless. how good is that?? i am blessed to have friends who think i'm ok.
generally we have lunch together. i'm not sure if it is coincidence that we all end up in the lunch room at midday or whether some of us actually plan to be in the lunch room at midday knowing that's when the others have lunch. it doesn't matter!!!!!!!!!!!!!
our topics of conversation range from ummm masterbation (and one girl goes absolutely red faced at even the thought of the word being uttered out loud) (and NOOOOO we don't actually talk about the act of, just someone said the word one time)....to the latest celeb gossip (and what a stupid bitch Jen Anderson is for getting back together with John Meyer)....to the latest evictee of the most current reality tv show be it Idol, Model (next top or make me), Dance or BB....hey when you put it like that, it sounds cool...NOT tragic at all, really....NOT!!!
we talk about funny (??) stories about our partners - like the time kimmy's underwear ended up on the window-sill and her clothes strewn across the house - or the latest wedding/hens party/baby shower/engagement party we've been to. and of course there is a little bit of work gossip, but not much really.
but as i said, we don't spend a lot of time outside of work together. but we seem to know a lot about each others lives (including their families). i'm going to miss them (more than they realise and more than i know) when i'm gone.
and you know what is really nice about this bunch of friends is that they know you AND they still like you....i mean me.
an example....the other day we were looking at some photos of one of us (not me, one of my "lunch-time friends")....a photo came up and i said "geez look how fat you are in that photo" (or words to that effect)....and I GOT AWAY WITH IT...i got away with it because it's expected of me to say something so blunt as that. this girl knows me and doesn't take offense and actually she likes me regardless. how good is that?? i am blessed to have friends who think i'm ok.