I sense a battle on the horizon.....

...and I can only hope I'm strong enough to withstand it.

Vickie's talked to her Dad for the first time in a year & a half. His wife left a voicemail the Saturday after her birthday. When Vickie returned the call she found out the wife had done it as a surprise for Kenny. But now he's wanting to get together with her and that's why there may be a battle. Since he's been gone & Vik & I have lived our lives the way WE want we've become the antithesis of everything he claims to be - we're Pagan, members of the SCA, and Vickie is gay. Vickie was afraid that if she saw him & he found out about all that, he would try to make her come live with him. I told her no court in the world would make that happen - she's old enough to decide where she wants to live. (I could feel her relief after I told her that). As for my own battle with him, I just have to keep telling myself, "I am a strong woman, I am a strong woman..."

[Vik & her ex, Winter's End 2007. And yes, I made their garb (grin)]

The big boss came down from Columbus yesterday and at one point did a really strange thing. He got up from the cubicle he was in (which I can see from my desk), walked over to me, and said, "What's going on, man?" I answered, "Not much, what's going on with you, man?" Then he stood there, looked at me for a couple seconds, said, "Ok, I'm done" and walked back to the cubicle. Now my boss (Amy) has told me he's not exactly a people person and I can only think he was making an effort to be sociable and lost his nerve. Amy's even told me she's asked him to get up from the cubicle & walk around the office but he can't do it. Ya have to wonder, how did someone with such a lack of people skills advance as far as he has?

Shout outs for this morning: Hey, Selena & Lucy - it was great to see ya's!

And I leave you with this thought: Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket???