Life Is Not Purgatory

It's funny how we get our wires crossed sometimes, and how without context nearly anything can be misconstrued. This past week has had more than a few in my life, the most humorous (portions are paraphrased):
L – "I'm heading out for errands, did you need me to pick up anything from the store."
E – "Yes please, milk and bread would be great."
L - "White or Brown?"
E – "Brown."
L – "60 or 100%"
E – "Homo."
L – "Huh!?"
T'was funny, but I guess you had to be there.

A similar and less humorous misscommunication happened via dueling blogs over the past few weeks. You see, I had gone out with (on a date) with an individual twice in a month, although we both disclaimed that it was casual and we would see where it went. During that time she had blogged about another man she was really interested in just before I had found out that had been played like a fiddle in a recent-past relationship. I then blogged out my anger, and she interpreted my post to be regarding her post (which I hadn't even read). I then read her blog about her excitement over the other gentlemen and then like the Norrington I am, withdrew myself from competition, only she thought I was mad at her and misread my blog rant of a few weeks ago as being about her! She then blogged about the estrangement and felt guilty for not talking to me about it first.... yadda... yadda... (Fade to Melrose). It's all straightened out now though... so that makes me happy, and I'm glad she is happy.

Work is about to get very interesting, my ten-week tour of duty in the kitchen is now over and I have been tapped and reactivated to assume management duties in the Banquet and Dining Room beacuse they are very, very, short staffed. The department head and his assistant are working 14-20 hour days and I am being under utilized in the kitchen, so I'll be ensuring that they can go home at a resonable hour, and the work will still get done – as I'll be there until it's finished. All in all I think it's a good move although it wasn't what I was expecting – although it may impact my 3 days off and diminish them to two... but we'll see.

I'm really looking forward to the official start of the 'Beginings' D&D Campaign that will start at about 7:00pm tonight (ie. 17 hours from now). The players all seem to have bought into thier chracters and all conributed to the development of thier home town... I think it will all work out quite well.

PS - My phone is currently out of commission and may need to be replaced so it could be about a week until it's fixed... so if anyone has called me, I'm not ignoring you - I'm just in Limbo.