Hi everyone, I know I've been a little quiet on the boards and other place recently...although not here. I don't have much excuse, aside from the fact that I've had a few things going on in my life that have upset me a little, some here on the web, and others in my personal life. I have worked through many of these issues with the people involved and am feeling much better. I'll be back soon, but today's another hectic day!
In the meanwhile some of the stuff that I do need to vent and blog about are being posted here. For the past couple of months and for the next month, I have to deal with an energy vampire who is, I believe, attempting to drive a wedge bbetween me and a very dear friend here. She's not succeeded, partially due to the fact that it is hard for a new friend to drive a wedge in an old, long-term friendship, at least when I'm involved. My dear friend and I have spent many hours discussing this situation, and we are closer than ever! I think I can handle the next month of this, but if I meltdown occasionally, please bear with me. I'm not one to grouse and complain and air my troubles here, and even struggle to do it with people outside my family in real life, so that's why you all never hear about this stuff!
As far as I'm concerned, once this month is over, I'm not going to have much to do with this other person, even though when she is in a good mood, she is a lot of fun. I just can't handle the other side of her! I'll enjoy her when we meet in the future, but I'm not going to make an effort to continue the friendship, but our DD's travel in some of the same circles, so meeting is inevitable!
As far as why I was soooo quiet yesterday, I had a friend come over and help me rearrange my house and put my new (to me at least) couches in my living room. So I spent all day moving very heavy furniture. i know I alluded to this yesterday to several people, I'm now sharing the whole story (sans pictures, since I didn't even think of them until just now). Anyway, my living room had 3 recliners a sleeper sofa 4 over loaded bookcases, an entertainment center and a couple of tables in it. The couch was about 17 years old, and was starting to fall apart, been torn by the dogs and was a general mess. So yesterday my friend (J) came over and she and I moved everything out of the living room, moved 2 of the bookcases and the entertainment center across the room, got the old couch out and put the new couch and loveseat in. We also managed to place one of the recliners in there for DH to use (its his favorite) then we moved the other 2 recliners to the family room and got everything cleaned and placed nicely. Of course this required several attempts, since we had to place stuff, look at it and improve upon our placements! We worked for about 6 hours on this project, and afterwards we were simply exhausted.
Needless to say, I didn't spend much time at the computer yesterday, so I was very quiet everywhere! Today, I'm back to my normal Friday schedule with an extra activity added in, so I won't be around too much again! However, by Monday, I plan to be back in full strength to chat with everyone. I've done some reading to keep up with what's happening, but not much posting...however that will change! Have a great weekend all!
