Friends With Managment... Is It Possible?

Is it possible to be friends with management at work? Case in point, my direct boss, C. We got to be really good friends and then got in this huge fight over a visit from our then project manager. Nothing has been the same since. Last night we had our Holiday Girl Time Gala, a private after hours event for preferred customers. After that the new cosmetics manager, whom worked in ladies wear when I started, K invited me for drinks with her. So off the two of us go for drinks. At this point I realized that although K and I knew each other well at work, she is a very different person outside of work. I like her both ways. Me I am who I am, regardless of where I am. K pointed out that become good friends with management is a mistake (K what the hell were we doing last night then?), and that I do way too much. After 2 double Bellini's she made me sign a 'legally binding contract' to not baby sit or house sit for my friends any more. They are my friends and will understand when I say no. Made me sign it then added a post script that I will only do baby sit or house sit for my very best friend, K. Lol, K that was awesome, and we should definitely do that more often!

Platinum and Pink

So I'm outside on my last coffee break today and I look over a notice the couple sitting next to me. The guy was just your average 40-something guy. The woman on the other hand had platinum blond hair with jet black eyebrows (not to mention the roots), fully done make up and to top it off, bright pink lipstick. What is it with society's blond obsession? Inseret "Dirty Laundry" lyrics here. That look has to be the most overdone, fake look ever. Not to mention the fact that it is the basis of dumb blond looks. So two questions; are guys really attracted to this extremely fake and high maintance look; and are women really that insecure that they have to go from being themselves, to being the kind of phony, to the complete fake? Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I despise them, several of my own friends are like that in a way. Some do it really well (L) some not so much (T). In this case, L is the inbetween cuz she softens it to a honey tone, and you can hardly tell the difference when her roots grow a bit, T on the other hand has the complete package of platinum and pink. Will our obsession ever end, or will we simply sucumb to the era of the bubble headed bleached blond?

Work Life vs Personal Life

So I met two of my sister's at work many years ago. Since then we have all grown and (well most of us) have matured. Both of them moved on to other jobs that were specifically related to their fields. I stayed and moved up in the company. It is not my field of choice, however it is a deffinite back up option. I know that if I want to move up further I can. So for the last couple of years, all four of us have had completely separate and distinct work lives. Obviously there has been some overlap, but for the most part they are separate. When my sister C left, she had nothing but negative things to say about the company. Well she now claims that her current job is not paying enough so she took on a couple days at my company. As a side note, it is fairly well known that C and I have not been getting along all that well lately either. I saw her there today (we were both working) and I was astounded at the anger that I felt. Because we all have pretty well the same group of friend's, this company was my territory. I found it totally annoying to hear her for the last hour of my shift. I see her often enough as it is, just fucking let me do my job without hearing her damn voice too!!!!!

Emotional Purging

Had dinner at L's tonight. Her hubby C is sick, the boys are tired and tempermental, I'm worn right out and have a huge assignment due Wednesday morning which I have barely started. I had already decided that I was leaving around 7:30ish. By that point C is going to bed, M is nearly in tears because he is so frustrated with his homework, CM is in tears because I wouldn't give him ice cream, L is trying to sort of M's homework and I am ready to tear my hair out. Then I get such a loving (please do note that there should be sarcasm in here) text from my sister, CC. So I go outside to fight with her. It was ridiculous. By the time everyone gets settled it is closer to 9:30, so L and I started talking. Well we dredged up everything. From her mom, my mom, health issues, insecurities. When I say everything, I mean EVERYTHING.Things that I would never tell anyone. She was in tears, I was in tears and all at different times.
A couple weeks ago, she wrote me a very sweet letter and told me to face myself and accept the gifts that I have. Everytime I look at the letter I wonder what gifts she is talking about. I never see myself this way, I'm more the, this person pissed me off, how could (s)he do that to so and so, I'm gonna kick there ass type of person. So I asked her about it. She made me sit there staring into a mirror well she started describing my gifts. We made it through the physical before we got on a far more emotional topic and both started crying yet again. On a my other blog I had another post called emotional purging. This is what sprouted all of these letters, plus get a little wine in L and I and the emotions start to fly. Probably part of why C always decides to head to bed early.

Update on Marriage

So M didn't propose to CC. She was pissed. So of course then she comes to me going why the fuck did you tell him to buy me a ring? What were you thinking? On the plus side it is a beautiful ring.