Mixed Bag

I'll start by the worst and then get better from there. Two bad news yesterday, my friend's young son did pass away, but by now, had he survived, he would have had very little hope of being healthy or able to reach any normal milestones. So while I am sad, and can't even fathom what my friend, his wife and other two sons feel, I find solace that he will not suffer for years to come, with no hope of recovery.

Then I want to spew for a paragraph. We continue to have wierd run-in with our partner agency social services. If it was not so crazy, it would be funny. I provided a training in our program yesterday to the County Social Service Department. We were expecting 20 to 30 folks. Eight showed up and only three stayed for the whole training. I was so furious! My boss said: "Even if only two of them get it, it's better than none." But to me, all the prep time and presentation time for three folks, that's just crazy. About five person from my agency worked to prepare the presentation, and presented for four hours, isn't that crazy!

Allright now for the fun stuff!
Yesterday, I had dinner with Brown Girls and Hot Stuff and I had a blast. Both of these women used to work with me and have since left my agency to open their own private practice and are both very upbeat and funny. We had a blast, gossiped about the insanity of my agency and all of the christians who lead it, the male/stepford wives relationship that most of the hyper christians share, and tons of other stuff. It was a blast. I found out that one friend we have, the Hairdresser, who is fairly flaming, just returned from having injections designed to make his penis grow larger, and Hot Stuff reported that it was very successful. We laughed a lot with that one. I guess that since so many females have their breast enlarge, I should not be surprized that males would find themselves subject to the desire of having larger penises. Hot Stuff also talked about her current flame, and how that is going. She is not called hot stuff for nothing, she is very curvaceous and lovely, and I guess I live vicariously through her as she attempts to find the right guy. She could rival with many reality TV show. Brown Girl is a latina woman who laughs easily and has the most bubbly personality I know. Her husband is currently writing a book that evaluates christian belief as a psychological phenomenon. I can't wait for the book to come out. We use to provide diversity training for our agency together and had loads of fun doing so. They have a small practice here in town that is growing and keep droping hints that I should join them, and I might do so at some point in time, especially if I can do so slowly. Sort of a transition.

The last highlight today is that due to something I bought online for christmas, I received this music magazine for free, complete with a free cd and a card for 50 songs that I can download from the e-music site. Isn't that a great way to end a week? And I get the next two mondays off, thanks to the american government. Over New Year, when I was at my friends in Val David, we discussed national holidays and found that the US has four more than Canada! Yes folks, not only do you freeze for six to eigth months, but you also work for more days a year. Sorry to rub it in. Oh yes, but we do have Bushie for a leader, I guess it all evens out somehow!

Tonight, the moon is gorgeous above my house, clear and bright, and letting us make out the ondulating lines of the surrounding hills. Simply beautiful.