Ahh, OK. That's not so bad.

Hil, could she get tutoring?

I barely use FB anyway, so everyone gets ignored. But there is one person I'd really like to flip a finger at, and I can't believe she ever dared send me a friend request.

Ugh. Somehow, went from having a cold and feeling a little sick to being really nauseous and feeling like hell in the space of a few hours. Do not want.

I ignore much of what comes to me on Facebook and spend too little time there to keep up. Every now and then, though, I get something great from it. High school connections? Not so much.

Speaking of friends...not only am I leaving the bff behind, based on recent incidents, but another good friend seems to have gone straight off the rails and I was not nearly as polite as I should have been in response.

She went on a rant about how Barack Obama (complete with slapping her hand on the table with each syllable) is taking her hard earned money against her will.

It turns out that, completely unknown to me or any of our friends, she is a Teabagger and Anne Coulter fan.

Honest to goodness, that would not be a problem for me. My friends are nothing, if not diverse. But it is as if this friend doesn't even see me anymore.

The crux of it? Anti-business sentiment coming out of Washington. I've never been anything but totally proud of and supportive of her business.

I tried to talk to her about not letting her political views destroy her everyday happiness and using her anger to make the change she wants. She could totally run for office...I'd even help. But no. Now I'm one of 'them.'

Sigh. The Universe certainly seems to be cleaning my house.

mmmm. After some ill advised choices on Friday night, I couldn't face cooking on Saturday, so my great dinner got postponed. So, I just finished turkey meatloaf with mashed potatoes and sautee'd spinach. Tasty and healthy!

1. I want Vortex to advocate for me.

2. I want Vortex to cook for me.

Facebook changed the friend requests at some point, so "Ignore" has been replaced by "Not Now." What that does is hide that friend request so it doesn't keep showing up.

That's keen. I can do that now for my sister's Family Request.

I applied for a management job in the sales department of my company today. There is the possibility to make a LOT more money--but even if I GET the job, which is a remote possibility, what if I make a bad salesperson and lose my job, when I am already a good HR Manager and HAVE a job? I did think of Vortex today when I was psyching myself up to send the letter and it helped.

Good luck, Scrappy!

A person I was hoping was gone from my life has sent me two messages on Facebook. The good news is she wanted to touch base with me before she leaves the country; the bad news is that she has a contract counseling American soldiers, which could be disastrous for the national defense.

I found my glasses! I think this is a sign I need to get a cheap backup pair.

I'm sorry I've just been able to bitch and run this last week. I don't know how to explain my family, except to say that we appear to inhabit different planets. On my planet, people can figure out how to use a strange phone and know how to dial their own cell phones. On my planet, people don't assume that everything everyone else does or says is an insult of some type.