Friday, May 09, 2008

• I tried to find a photo of the matching quilted overalls, but had no luck. I wouldn't be surprised if I had thrown away any photos like that, because thinking about those outfits still makes me uncomfortable (and kind of mad). I did find the yearbook photo with the ill-fitting pants, but I don't know if I can post it, even though I've decided to try to embrace my inner history club geek. The photo is just as bad as I remembered. Plus someone wrote over me.
  
  I'm so glad it's Friday. This has been a long week, and not all that pleasant. My boss's default setting is "this has to be someone's fault, and it's not mine" and then he constructs a narrative that fits the scenario. Not everything that goes wrong is someone's fault, necessarily, and blame for the sake of blame doesn't really help anything. In the case of what happened this week, which I don't want to go into because trust me, it wasn't that big a deal and it would be kind of hard to explain, there were a lot of contributing factors. In the end, it turned out to be a good thing (surprisingly), but it's another thing that my boss will bring up at every opportunity.
  
  I'm thinking of putting in my notice at the end of the summer. We'll have to see how the summer goes, but it seems like things are getting worse. The way things have been the last couple of months, I feel like my boss and I are sort of on a collision course. It's not funny anymore. He's mean. He used to be sort of nice sometimes, but he's pretty much just mean now.
  
  This weekend I'm cleaning the house. It was so clean when the kids were gone, but now that they're back, there are dishes piled in the sink, stuff all over the kitchen counters, etc. etc. etc. Mack is working all weekend (and will be exhausted) and I think Alex is going to the beach with her friend. I really like this friend (they've been friends since about the 3rd grade) and I think a lot of Alex's other friends are not really good for her. So even though I think Alex should probably stay home and help me with the house, I want to encourage friendships that I approve of. She's been sick, though--really sick yesterday--so we'll have to see. She was quite a bit better last night.
  
  Also, the weather is supposed to be nice tomorrow, I think, and then rainy on Sunday--so I'll take advantage of the dog park tonight and tomorrow. Gizmo loves it there and he comes home exhausted. Plus it gives me a little down time. I like to walk around the park with my earbuds in while Gizmo plays with all his friends. The only problem with this scenario is that so many people want to talk about Gizmo that sometimes it's not very relaxing, not to mention the fact that the dog park is full of crazy people.
  

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