Desire. Ask. Believe. Receive.

So I've been back at work for about a month now and you how it goes--it's good/ it's bad--I've got very mixed feelings about it but it's nothing that hasn't been written about and discussed in countless blogs across the world. The details are really so boring. The very short story is that I'm back at my old job, I've been working part time and I'll probably soon be working full time again. The good part is that while things are still in negotiations, it looks promising that I'll be making enough money that John will be able to cut his hours a bit so he has more time at home. Between that and my going into work at 7:30, Suzie should actually be in childcare the same or less than she is now but with our family's income doubled.

As far as the drama that I alluded to in the my previous entry, it IS a really funny story, but it's also a LONG story, spanning weeks, that culminated in a big, ugly thing last Friday night. Even the thought of writing out all the details is so incredibly tedious and I can't imagine that reading them would be much better. I just don't want to go into it all again, I'm really trying to let it all go. I guess I'll just say that John and I got involved (no, not "involved" we just went to a show) with a couple from work very much against my better judgment and things completely blew up. There were red flags all over the place and I even said to John "there's no way this will not end badly" but we forged ahead anyway.

This woman though, the female half of the couple, I just need to say--I've seen a lot of crazy in my day; I'm the queen of crazy best friends and I've worked in mental health for 8 years--and I've really gotta say that I've NEVER seen crazy like I've seen crazy in the past two weeks. Literally.

I think any of you that actually know me in real life can mostly vouch for my character. I mean, I've most definitely got issues just like anyone, but I don't think I'm out of bounds when I say that I'm generally well-liked, trustworthy, honest, and seen by friends and acquaintances as a good person. Well according to this woman, you've all been duped because you're too stupid to see the truth. I'm actually a manipulative psychopath who needs professional help--before I hurt anyone else. Oh yeah, and I'm also fat and a slut--but that's more sad than scary because she used to be young and stupid like I am and understands. She's just relieved I have a strong man in my life like John who can deal with my psychosis and she hopes he'll help me get the help I need to grow out of it.

Enough said? I certainly think so.

She keeps sending the emails though, day after day, so evidently she hasn't said quite enough yet. The really funny thing is that I haven't responded to any of them! The last one told me to not bother responding, I guess she figures that after not responding to the first three I'm going to start? I will not engage in name calling and insults, I have no time and no interest. Plus, and I'm honestly embarrassed to say this, I do get a perverse enjoyment out of knowing how much she wants to fight with me and how much I'm not going to let her have what she wants....I really do feel bad about that part of it.

This was this gist of an irate email I received yesterday; quite possibly one of the funniest and more bizarre emails I've ever received.

I know this is a funny opening to a post when I haven't written in so long but really there just hasn't been much going on. I got myself involved in a crazy woman's drama this weekend which culminated in this bizarre email.

It's funny, I've been called a lot of names in my life, but considering that I'm a member of Mensa, I can honestly say I've NEVER been called stupid before. I'm not trying to come across a snobby smarty-pants, I just can't imagine coming across as stupid. The second sentence is the really funny part though--we weren't even talking about sex. I don't want to get into the whole ridiculous drama again so I'll just say that this woman had already sent me a (very poorly written) multiple paragraph email berating just about everything she surmised about me and then followed up about 1/2 hour later with this two sentence beauty just to let me know that "I've done lots of bondage, for a long time!!!" Just to clarify, I have no interest in this woman's sexual proclivities but it seemed really important to her that I was aware of them...

I'm home from work today, Suzie's down with something and I thought it would be better that we stayed home together and snuggled. She's napping now so maybe later if she goes down again I'll be able to write a bit more.

Again, not much time to write or think or blog.

My husband's dad died yesterday, we're really not sure what's going on with everything yet.

Seems like there's a lot of happy news happening these days but our family has had a pretty sucky month.

Updates--maybe--as I've got the time and energy.