Another damn good day.

Work was pretty good. Bossy Man did give me lots of files to transcribe early in the day since he was FAR behind due to the broken dictaphone.

But I managed to get them all done. Lots of letters and reports and daily entries to be had there!!!

I was surprised by Dave stopping by my office yesterday late morning. He brought me some lunch from KFC. So sweet!!!

We sat and ate together and just gabbed.

He offered to take a look at Jenner's car for her. Her father is hopeless when it comes to that stuff and her husband is nearly as bad. She has been talking about getting a new car because this one is "falling apart". I asked her what the problem was with the car and she said it needs new tires, the brakes are going bad, the windows don't roll down anymore and the AC doesn't work.

I couldn't believe it. She has a nice car and she wants to get rid of it because it needs some maintenance?

Silly silly girl!!!

So, I talked to Dave about it and he is going to see if he can fix the window issue. The shaking she reported feeling when the car is going a certain speed is most likely due to needing new tires, so he is going to price them out for her to find the best deal. He is going to take a look at her brakes and possibly see if his can get his contact at NAPA to bring some brake pads over. The AC issue? On her own. Probably just needs a charge.

I think I will see if I can afford to help her out on getting some of these things taken care of. It just seems silly to get a new car when the one she has is perfectly fine and will run for a while longer. Especially now that she is a bit worried about her job. Her company has a $3 million deficit and she knows lay offs are coming. I hope she is not one of them, but no job is secure these days.

She said if those things on her car got fixed, she would keep it.

Duh!!!

Again, silly silly girl!!!

After work, I went home and hung around the house for a bit. I "enhanced" my hair to rid myself of those nasty gray roots. I went a color darker than normal, but it will lighten up again in just a few days since my hair was damaged from highlighting it for so long and it won't hold color for long. Luckily the ROOTS hold color since they have not been touched by highlights.

So, my blonde is slowing going away. Dave is NOT going to like that. He likes me being a blonde.

Oh well. Deal with it.

I got a call from Dave. He was home and wondering where I was. I finished up my hair and ran over there. We sat on the deck and had a cocktail and visited for a few hours. I offered to take him out for dinner and so we did that. Then we went to Yesterday's Gone for Karaoke. Dave sang a different song for me. He usually sings "Bad to the Bone" but last night he sang Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors". It was so cute!!!

And made me smile.

Some friends showed up and we had a good time.

Went home. Went to bed. And that day was done.

This morning, I am waiting for Jenner to come to my office so she can give me her car and take mine for the next day or two until Dave finishes checking it out. He is coming with HIS car to give to ME so I have a car, and he will take Jenner's back with him to his house.

Lots of exchange of keys going on here!!!

Tonight we were invited to Heather and Stewart's wedding anniversary dinner. If it's not raining, we will take the boat to the restaurant, eat, and then go back to their place. Sounds like a fun evening.

The plans for the weekend are changing again. Not for ME, but for the rest of the gang. I am still planning on going to the Cities to visit my family. But the garage gang is NOT going to Lake of the Woods now. They are going out on the boat on Saturday, to spend the whole day there instead and the ladies are going to Gear Daddies concert on Saturday night.

I COULD possibly go to the concert if I get back in time, but I will most likely be tired from driving to and from the Cities so I think I will just crash.

Oh, after canceling my stolen debit card and told that my new one would come in the mail in 7 to 10 business days, I was slightly SHOCKED to see it in the mail yesterday after only two days.

So, I have my new card. However, now I have to wait for the letter with the PIN on it so I can activate the card. What a silly system. I know it's for my safety, but really. They told me the PIN would come in the mail three days after the card arrived.

Whatever.

I am going to try calling the bank and see if I can circumvent that little procedure so I have easy access to cash once again.

Whatever.

While Dave and I were talking on his deck yesterday, his ex-wife called. It was the year anniversary from when she moved out of their house and she was feeling sad and stuff and was asking him questions about whether this is what he really wanted. She said she never heard directly from him whether he really was done with her or not.

What the hell?

He asked her to leave over a year ago. They had problems for YEARS and they were not happy for a very long time. He divorced her. And now SHE wants to know if he was DONE with her?

I left the deck and went inside to the bedroom and read a magazine while they were talking because I wanted him to feel free to say what he wanted without an audience.

Oh, she had stopped by the house yesterday to drop off some stuff for him, pictures and letters from his kids, etc, and she started asking him about me and he was honest with her, telling her that we were together and things were good. She apparently got upset and left. Dave's thoughts were, "If you don't want to hear the answer, don't ask the question." I have to agree with him on that one.

anyway, she apparently has been following my comings and goings on Facebook. I have my profile and everything set to "Friends Only" but somehow she is getting info on me and checking up on me. I wonder if my own dear ex has something to do with that. anyway, so she asked if I was "fitting in" with his friends. And that she hears that I am a "lush".

Dave just laughed at that one and told her that I have one or two glasses of wine or one hard tea and that's it for my drinking. I am NOT anywhere near a lush.

Just goes to show how things get around.

Last night we went out to the bar. I had ONE beer. and I had ONE hard tea on the deck before we went.

Wow!! Sure looks like I am a LUSH!!

I hate that crap. I hate being talked about. I hate rumors. I hate people saying mean things about me. And most of the time, it's Jim talking to my friends. Or my friends' exes.

Whatever.

Okay. I guess I better get to work. I have a bit of stuff to do and I know I will be visited by Jenner and Dave today and they both like to talk!!!!

Gotta love 'em!!!

They better bring me treats!!!!

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