Ooh, tomorrow is your first day??

Yep!! 7:30 (ack!) sharp! I gotta say, it didn't help my nerves any when my supervising teacher (my teacher at the univ.) did a sharp intake of breath and said "Oh, that's a rough one" when she found out what school I was assigned to.

I'm in need of some sanity~ma. Both my supervisor and my "trainee" are going to be down from Boise and working with me all week. I am FINALLY getting some assistance since we still don't know if/when my assistant will return.

This new gal - J - is supposed to be available to take up to 20 hours of work per week. Now, I've absorbed that work into my normal 40 so backing up and adjusting processes back to the way they should be is going to be a major effort.

I've had this new supervisor for just over a year now and this is the first time she has made an effort to ask/see what I do. I know I need to just chill and show that there is a reason my project managers love me, but I'm a wreak tonight.

Needless to say, I'll be grey during the days this week.

Cookies for all who visit me! From the Italian bakery up the street.

OMG, these are of the YUM!

Yep!! 7:30 (ack!) sharp!

Chikat - you will be marvelous. Best of luck, sweets.

Yay ChiKat!

Chikat, I think you'll kick ass.

Suz, as much sanity~ma as I can afford to spare, dearest. I'm sure everything will go smoothly.

Thanks, y'all! I'll report on my first day tomorrow night!

Suzi, all kinds of sanity~ma. Just do what you do marvelously every single day and you'll be fine.

doesn't sound like he understands - He doesn't have to agree with you , but not understanding is another issue.

Whatever level of understanding the issue he is at, there is the basic relationship skill of feeling bad with/for your S.O. when they are feeling bad. I can imagine Daniel not understanding how important it would be for me to hear from him in similar circumstances; but, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I had experienced a protracted period of worry over him, he would afterward feel bad because I had been feeling bad. His "sorry" might be only 10% apology, but it would for certain-sure be 110% sympathy. If you aren't getting much of either from Fela, it is a definite signal that he's got issues.

If his relationship incompetence is due to Asperger's or some similar disease, it is possible that with diagnosis and treatment, he might learn to adapt and improve his social skills. It is also all too likely that even with the best treatment and adaptations, he would continue to have these blind spots. Knowing if it is Asperger's or not might help you to not take such blind spots personally. But that does not really say one way or the other that you have to put up with behavior that hurts you. If knowing that these blind spots are not something personal helps you tolerate them easily, so that the good in Fela's behavior outweighs the inconvenient, troublesome, or painful, then it might be worthwhile to stick with him. If you find that this relationship is more drudgery (and I'm not talking about the sheer work of making it work) than joy (and I'm not talking about mere pleasure), then you would not be crazy to move on.

Hope that came across as helpful and caring rather than preachy.

Sanity~ma for both Suzi and Chikat.

IOcuteN, Sammie the spaz-tastic cat just crooned to the heat register and stuck her paws through the grate moments before the furnace started pushing warm air through. Wonder if she was imploring the heat gods or just welcoming the warmth.

Best, best, best for you tomorrow, ChiKat - so exciting!

Sanity-ma to you, Suzi.

I've got to find some of the pink champagne in a pink can. (edited: OK, sparkling wine). Seriously. I don't have bitters. What is bitters? It doesn't sound good, because, well, bitter. I have to go google now...

OK, all googled and up on bitters. I'm guessing this...

A large tumbler, similarly "pinked", and filled with sparkling lemonade, results in a drink known as a Campbell. This is a pleasant and refreshing way to relieve a little of the sweetness of lemonade

is why it works so well in the pink champagne, yeah?