My friend and I are still getting along very well and she has no plans to go back home, yet. She decided that she will go home when there is gas, groceries, internet, electricity, etc. available OR when her office re-opens and gas, groceries and electricity are available.

We are not in the same industries (per se), but her company looks to recruit companies like mine to push their products to our end users. With that said, she started to talk about a demo script she was working on yesterday then stopped mid-sentence and decided that she had better not continue talking because of competitive reasons and giving away sensitive company knowledge. We've always talked shop and NOW she is worried about this??? Whatever. I found that very annoying. I could never, in good faith, push that companies products out to my clients--and she knows it.

I'm REALLY trying VERY hard to write all of this nonsense off as stress. It might make me physically ill to think that this is the way she really is (and always has been) and that I held such a high opinion of her both personally and professionally. Yes, I know how bad that sounds. I never tried to pretend like I was a nice, mushy person, anyway. Perhaps she needs to go into the "fun drinking buddies" category and not the "friend" category. I am very picky about who I classify as a friend. It has been just her and my husband there for the last few years... Yep, I'm a horrible person and I am okay with it!

So, she's off to Austin today and I am dogsitting. I was hoping she'd want to go out with me tonight but she said that she wouldn't have the energy to do it. Bummer. I briefly thought about going out, anyway, but then came to my senses. I might not be the nicest person in the world, but I know what rude looks like. I'll probably get up in the morning and run. Maybe I can get her to go hiking with us tomorrow at the greenbelt. Wonder if she'd be able to do that? We'd have to walk slow for her and her dog, but that is better than staying home all day. Probably couldn't get the 6 miles in we usually do, either...but, it could be nice. Even if it was just 3 or 4, we'd still get out.

Okay, enough about all that. I'm in sooooo much trouble at work because I can't finish all my work. I'm getting used to being there, now, and just don't care. I've put in over 40 hours, already, this week and Friday is just getting started. If that isn't enough, I'm sorry! Not...