{"id":113927,"date":"2013-12-27T00:32:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T05:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/113927\/back-to-normal-2\/"},"modified":"2013-12-27T00:32:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T05:32:17","slug":"back-to-normal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/113927\/back-to-normal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"back to &#8220;normal&#8221; for better or worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">I can hardly wait until my Boss comes back from vacation&#8230;the unusual hours and the added work load are starting to wear thin&#8230;although the extra money doesn&#8217;t hurt and it IS nice to have the building to myself&#8230;I think he&#8217;ll be back the day after New Year&#8217;s Day&#8230;just three more days&#8211;tonight, Monday and Tuesday&#8230;<br \/>\n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">the separation from Facebook is going surprisingly well&#8211;so far&#8230;now I&#8217;m just lurking&#8230; nobody has asked about me yet&#8211;that&#8217;s kinda sad&#8230;that&#8217;s what Humans are like&#8230;I don&#8217;t miss playing Music too much&#8211;yet&#8230;none of my &#8220;friends&#8221; have asked about that either&#8230;<br \/>\n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">on the other hand, maybe *I* haven&#8217;t been as good a friend to anyone as I could be&#8230;I dunno what the rules are, I just &#8220;wing it&#8221; when it comes to friendship&#8230;If helping someone financially is a sign of friendship, well, I&#8217;ve been on the receiving end WAY more than the giving end&#8230;that might be it&#8230;and I suspect my public image is that of being &#8220;down&#8221; more often than not&#8230;So I&#8217;m a realist&#8211;shoot me, I don&#8217;t care&#8230;It could be that people dread seeing me as much I dread seeing certain people&#8211;it would really hurt to know that to be true&#8230;such is Life&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">ADDENDUM&#8211;my nap was interrupted by an annoying noise, and a phone call&#8230;so now I&#8217;m too tired to go to work tonight&#8211;the Plan now is to go in on Sunday at Dinnertime&#8230;or take public transportation on Sunday morning&#8230;as far as my BIG boss is concerned, well, the timecard might show that I went in on Friday&#8211;so HE won&#8217;t be confused&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">the annoying noise was caused by water dripping from somewhere onto the porch light&#8230;water and electricity don&#8217;t mix so I&#8217;ve covered the porch light&#8230;it&#8217;s been going on for days and finally I couldn&#8217;t stand it anymore&#8230;<br \/>\n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">I dunno where it&#8217;s coming from, but there was water coming from somewhere and somehow a 5 foot tall pillar of ice had attached itself to the house&#8230;I&#8217;m NOT kidding&#8230;so I took a hammer and worked on it&#8230;it&#8217;s gone now&#8230;the outdoor faucet was covered as well&#8230;<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\">the phone call was SLR&#8230;so at this point in time, when I THOUGHT I was going to work, I&#8217;m eating M&amp;M&#8217;s just to stay awake until 10 or 11 PM&#8230;I think I&#8217;m too sleepy\/depressed to go to Tenleytown now&#8230;<br \/>\n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\"><br \/>\n <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can hardly wait until my Boss comes back from vacation&#8230;the unusual hours and the added work load are starting to wear thin&#8230;although the extra money doesn&#8217;t hurt and it IS nice to have the building to myself&#8230;I think he&#8217;ll be back the day after New Year&#8217;s Day&#8230;just three more days&#8211;tonight, Monday and Tuesday&#8230; 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