First!

Well, here's my first post. Don't expect too much, because I'm trying this as a lark.

I suppose I should review my year first, as a good place to start, and to give some background.

In the beginning of the year, I was dating a nice girl who turned out to be, well, very good at hiding her various neuroses from me, including exceptional clinginess and paranoia, as well as the fervert desire to get married this year. Since that was something we'd discussed last year that wasn't going to happen anytime soon, this was kind of a dealbreaker. I'd tried to remain friends, but after a series of anti-me rants on Facebook (that her friends reported to me), and a fake apology from her, I'd had enough.

Then, a week later, my BFF, a lovely girl with whom I felt extremely comfortable with, but knew would never see me in a romantic way, basicaly said "Hey, now that you're single, I can confess my love for you." Of course, she had to move to the SE tip of North Carolina before she mentioned this. So we tried that for a while, but she finally felt too awkward, and broke it off. Unfortunately, she waited over four months to tell me so, and since she didn't want to upset me, kept me in the dark and avoided me the entire time, which was, frankly, hell. Ok, problem solved, still friends.

And, while all that is going on, there's my FWB, with whom I gave up the B to give my BFF her full attention. Since then, she's moved on and has her own relationship drama.

So currently, I'm single, healing, and taking a break. I have to admit, I do feel very lonely, especially now, in the holiday season, but I don't know what I want right now.

In other news, my daughter has been having the same old issues. She won't do her homework, or forgets to turn it in. She's doing so poorly in school and she could be doing so much better. Now, this isn't the "not living up to your potential" crap that my father gave me, she just doesn't seem to care. Her counselor at school is recommending that I go back to court and wrest my daughter away from my ex completely. I know Betsy is prone to exaggerate the depravities and shortcomings of her mother, so I'm not sure what's really going on. Other than school, she's a wonderful daughter.

In work news, it's been an interesting year. I have been working in my new(ish) office, and it's been great. Except for the new upper management who wants to change everything, but doesn't understand what we really do anyway. At the last staffing meeting, he announced that from now on, we would be doing staffing plans. We informed him that we've been doing staffing plans for the last 30 years. Plus he's a big fan of the FISH! philosophy, although he doesn't actually follow it. Type of person that gives government workers a bad name. And then there's the FNG. New guy who won't take notes, so he asks the same questions day after day. I hate to step on the eager little puppy, but he needs to learn some boundaries.

Ok, I guess that's all for now.