Way happy thanks to dartmouthryguy and he knows why!

Also had an amusing phone call yesterday from my hairdresser ;) She is setting me up on a blind date with one of her male clients. She has been talking to him about me and to me about him. So yesterday he asked her for my phone number as he wants to meet me ;) She phoned me and I said yes give it to him!! LOL I told her if this doesn't work out I would not be coming back to her to do my hair - she knew I was kidding with her ;) Wish me luck ;)

Not so happy about work. If looks could kill I would be dead now. Apparently I hit a huge nerve with one of my co-workers. She 'froze me solid' during our case conference meeting this morning. Ooops I guess I shouldn't question her walk-on-water authority. *bad girl*

Tomorrow I am back to work after my week off.

My daughters and I went down to Spokane Washington on Thursday (8 hour drive) and then on Friday we headed West for 2 hours to a place called the Gorge (an outdoor amplitheatre) to see the Dave Matthews Band concert. The boys were amazing, do they know how to put on a live show! They are fantastic musicians and just a pleasure to hear and watch!

Then after the concert at 11:30 Friday night we (I!) drove us back to Spokane. I was exhausted. Saturday we did some power "back to school" clothes shopping and then Sunday we (I!) drove us back home (the lovely 8 hour trip!!)

So today I am tired and needing a total body massage! I am dreading going back to work tomorrow. Thank goodness for the Labour day long weekend or I would be a work today!!

I have been pondering this one for a while now. A year ago a co-worker and I starting to have a bit of a friendship outside of work. Nothing really much. We went to a few movies and a few dinners. We talked a lot about work, our beliefs, life stuff. She is different (flakey, as described by my friend who knows her from grad school). She is into the yoga, the personal growth stuff, and 'mother-earthy' stuff. Not quite a new ager, but close.

Anyway, she took a six month personal leave from March to Sept 2006 because her elderly mother was not doing well healthwise and she had to make arrangements to move her out of her apartment and into a seniors center. So she and I never really talked for six months. When she came back in Sept, I had pulled back. There are a lot of reasons why. Mostly I was not comfortable around her. I had been noticing prior to her leave how I felt 'judged' by her. She is very opinionated. I was noticing prior to her leave that I was 'flinching' from some of her comments she was making to me about me. Also my daughters, who had met her, commented on finding her to be harsh and judging too. I don't have many friends, and I realized early on that she was this way (and it's not like I don't have any issues!!), but I thought maybe it was something I could get past and we could be friends. When she started back in September I realized that I couldn't be friends with her, I didn't trust her.

Now, we rarely talk to one another and have not had any contact outside of work. It's one of those situations where both people know there has been a change but it's not acknowledged outloud. It's moderately awkward. It reinforces a belief I have had that it's difficult to have friendships (outside of work) with people you work with.