Here I am!

Oooh boy! Lots to update, but I'm not sure where to start, or if I can remember it all.

Did I mention my new house mate started working for my company the day after I moved in here? Bizarre coincidence, no?! Thankfully for both of us, he works in a different location, so we're not in each others' face. He's rocked the boat already, by the sounds of it, which I think is funny. I'm the cause of dissent in my department and he looks like he'll be the outspoken one in his. Hehe, wait till the bosses find out we're sharing a roof.

Yes, it's my birthday today. I'd just about forgotten about it. Thanks to everyone who's sent me messages. Ian I got yours! :-) My mum sent me a text message and also a parcel to my work. I didn't go in today, though. I feigned a sore throat. As it turns out, that was a good thing, but more on that soon. G gave me a typical 'from a boy' card. The outside says "enjoy your birthday". The inside says, "...because tomorrow the focus is back on me". It's actually a dig at himself, coz for the first time in his life, he has a female friend (me, duh) who can restrain herself from getting intimate with him.....or should I say, is making him restrain himself while he sorts his life out.

And that's the latest saga.... I'm not going to go into major detail, but G and K own and run two separate franchises. For some reason, the franchisors have taken it upon themselves in the last few weeks to become nasty, back stab and play G and K off each other to the point where they're both completely stressed out. From the voicemails and emails I've seen, G and K have both been accommodating and professional. The franchisors have become complete bullies. A few months ago G & K were the golden children. Something changed, and they don't know what, but it looks like it's all come to a head today.

I turned up to meet G for lunch just as he got off the phone from their head office. It looks like they've just about been bullied and cajoled and pushed to the point where they'll be forced to sell their businesses. And that sucks. They work hard, they have good businesses. They're outspoken when they think there's an issue, but they've always done the right thing. I don't know how they will get out of this and still be able to maintain their businesses, operating under their current 'management'. If they don't find a way, they're both without jobs and without money. I'm angry for both of them and the way they've been treated. Hmmm, I'm too fired up to say anything more about it.

I don't have a lot else to report. G and I are working hard at just being friends and that seems to be going well. He has a lot of stuff to sort out (now more than ever), so we have new boundaries. I've walked a fine line between being supportive and allowing him to just spin his wheels (eh, at least I recognised it and have corrected it), so my support has taken on a new form. I don't offer any assistance now. If he wants something, or needs something, he has to ask. It's working. And that's good for both of us.

Work is...well, they're still bastards and I was stressed to the point of tears last Friday, but I'm not in the right frame of mind to look for something else just yet. I have another appointment on the 20th with the guy from the agency, so I'll just see if I can coast through the days till then.

That's about it.