I can't really figure out if there was really anything to blog abut from this weekend, so here's some tidbits.  It won't be long...

This weekend was a pretty tame one.  I was sooooo glad I got to leave early from work on Friday.  I ended up leaving at 3:30, but since Karl didn't get off until 5:00, I told him I would take the bus.  I was pissed when this ugly ass dude with purple pants and a permanent Elvis-lip kept eyeballing me.  I didn't even get home until around 5:40.  I was HOT!

Sam told me - "Corbin Bleu can't be my boyfriend anymore because I don't have a job.  So when I get as big as Felicia and Jason, I can get a job and THEN i can get a boyfriend."  Where is she getting this stuff?!?! I told her that when she got a job she wouldn't NEED a boyfriend! 

The kids, Karl and I watched The Game Plan this weekend.  And Felicia and I cried like babies at the end of the movie.  It was soooo cute.

I went out with my sis-in-law, Liz, this weekend.  We went to meet up with her friends at a mexican restaurant in DC, but we were late and we ended up getting a table togther and just keeping each other company.  I like talking to Liz, even though she's one of those pyscho baby mammas, she is actually trying to do things right for her son. 

My in-laws took us all out to breakfast on Saturday, with one stipulation that we had to be there by 7:30, it was hard, but we did it for free food!  LOL!   We also talked about our trip to NC for July 4th.  They asked if my mom and Ray were coming.  I've never invited them because Karl always talks about how there's really nothing to do down there.  But since they asked me about them, I asked them.  Big Steph was completely down, Ray was a little reluctant, but she ended up saying she would come.  I didn't think they would, so I was kinda planning things without them.  So it will be fun to have them down there with us for the first time. 

I was off today, so I went to the dentist for my xrays and I went to the nutritionist.  I lost 5 pounds, but I'm still not eating right.  I need to cut out sodas completely instead of drinking diet.  I'm working on that.

Also today I thave thought about talking to our receptionist, Sally.  I've been hearing several people talk about her smell and how someone should tell her and they always seem to mention my name when it comes to telling her.  I don't know how I got drafted into doing it, but I'm going to do it.  She needs to know.  There are two reasons why I would be the perfect person to tell her.  One - because I won't do it in a mean way and if her supervisor tells her, then it would be so impersonal.  I believe she sees me as a friend because she comes to borrow money every so often.  Two - because I had an issue with odor when I was pregnant with Jason and dealing with his dirty-dick father. (I won't go too much into that, but it was an issue and he gave me my issue!)   My odor wasn't as pungent, but it did cause my supervisor to have that embarassing "talk" with me.  (I know, TMI, but damn, that was then!)  Needless to say that's over and taken care of.   I haven't had any more complaints, probably because i"m paranoid as HELL about it!!  But I can totally relate to what's going on with her. 

The only thing about her is that I don't know if she doesn't know or if she just doesn't care.  I just feel bad for her because EVERYONE talks about her, but nobody talks TO her.  They had already put some glade plug-ins around her area and someone had secretly taped a car freshener underneath her desk.  That's how bad it's getting.  But something that happened today almost changed my mind about having our little "sistah-girl" talk.

Shelly and Ms. J was looking for an action on my desk.  They looked everywhere and was searching through all my stuff, but they couldn't find it.  So they go and ask Sally.  Sally said she gave it to me weeks ago.  So when Ms. J and Shelly can't find it.  They ask her to come over and help and she mysteriously "finds" it on my desk.  Ms. J asked her where did she find it at and she showed them a place that they had already searched, so they knew she was lying.  Why was she trying to pin that on me?!!  WTF?!??!  But, just like Lara said, don't let my being mad get the best of me.  I should still go ahead and talk to her, so that's what I'm going to do.  I just hope she doesn't get mad at me. 

Anyway, I'm tired, I'm sure I have more to BLAB about, but I'm tired.  So I'll talk to you again tomorrow!

Hey, Kris. Sounds like you've got quite a delicate situation on your hands, hon. I remember being in the same position back in high school; there was a girl who had really bad body odor, and people used to do things like hold car fresheners up around her and stuff - they were really mean... Anyway, I had to talk with her about the problem, and man, was it hard. It's such a sensitive issue, and you just never know how to broach it...

Well, I took my friend aside, one day, and told her straight out that it's hard to be around her, sometimes, because her body's chemistry can be pretty overpowering. It turned out that not only was she aware of that, but that she was scheduled for surgery to correct a glandular malfunction that hadn't been discovered until she'd hit puberty.

I don't know if your co-worker has the same problem, but I do think she probably notices all the air fresheners and is hurt by that. People can be really mean, Kris; if she wasn't aware of the problem before, she probably knows about it now - and maybe she's just choosing NOT to do anything about it, to get back at the people who are being mean to her. Does that make sense?

I hope this problem gets sorted out in a positive way, my friend. I wish you only the best in approaching her about it...