Take Until Gone

Yes, I am alive and I have a lot to talk about today. The last time that I spoke here was on Tuesday I believe.

Okay. On Wednesday, I knew that I was going downhill fast. My fever was back and my temper was ready to match it. This leads means me into the argument that I had with the head of another department at work Wednesday before I went to see my doctor.

Let me explain something about the company that I work for at the moment. Our company is divided into three departments. The theory is that all three of them are equal in power and should work together. Obviously this is not reality.

A project was made by two other people and myself. It was meant to be a tool to help the other departments. Now customer service is criticizing what we did. I said that if they did not like what they saw then they could do it themselves. It was their responsibility to begin with anyway. I was just helping out.

The department head responded with the oh so managerial correct expression of that's bullshit. Hmm. I did not know that we were discussing fecal matter here.

I was so proud of myself. I made my point and stood my ground despite my sore throat and fever. He, on the other hand, lost his temper and walked out. He looked like a moron.

Yes, I am the man. I rock. Score one for the former art student turned computer lackey.

True, he might hate my guts and make my life a living hell, but I don't care. He is not my boss and my boss is gone until the eighth so I decided to defend our department. No one is going to shit on me. Well, maybe if they paid me more money. I also worked the salary issue into the argument which was probably a mistake, but I was on a roll.

Nick called me Tyson for the rest of the day.

I left work at two in search of medical help. I knew that I needed prescription drugs or I would collapse soon. When they examined me, I had a slight fever with a temperature of one hundred point six degrees. It was determined that I had strep throat. Yeah.

A sign that I am getting old is when my doctor is about the same age as myself. He seemed like a nice guy though.

This was my first visit to the doctor since I started working for this company, and I did not know where my insurance card was and I had to pay on the spot for my drugs. Work is going to reimburse me or why else do they take out medical insurance every check. Grrr.

Thursday was Brenda's first day off and of course I ruined it by being sick. I said that I was going to go sleep at my place so that she could enjoy her day off. She said no. This was a mistake.

Later in the afternoon, she started telling me that I do nothing for her. She does the laundry, the cooking and grocery shopping and what do I do. Now here I am barely able to sit up and think and she wants to pick a fight. Nice.

I pointed out that I drive everywhere and I paid for dinner now and again. I also pointed out that the amount that I pay for on dinners is what I lived on for a month when I was by myself.

I also said that I could do my own laundry, cooking, grocery shopping and cleaning and have been doing it for years.

I also found out that she was upset that I had not paid for her meal when we did laundry. I offered, but she said no. This is one of those instances where what a woman says is not what she means. She said no, but I was supposed to say no I would pay for it. Grrr.

Brenda holds grudges and lets things build over time and I pay the price.

Soon she said that she did not want to argue with me when I was sick. I should have slept at my place, because I would have got more sleep and none of this would have happened.

My mom already explained that Brenda's aunt does not like me and I am not really too sure how to react to this problem.

Since I am an asshole, I went and got a fifty dollar gift certificate for Bath and Body Works, some Victoria's Secret lingerie and a card for Brenda this afternoon. I going to write a short note on the card and give her the certificate tonight. The lingerie is for Easter.

The lingerie might seem more like a gift for me than Brenda, but I want her to know that I think that she is sexy. Our sex life has been a little slow lately. Well, I have been sick and its hard to be hot and bothered when I have snot in my head. This can't be very attractive from her perspective either. Besides the lingerie isn't tacky. I think that it looks pretty good.

Now if only I could fit an underwire bra into a plastic egg, then her Easter basket would be complete.

Here is how Cosmospolitan magazine describes me in their astrological profiles this month:

Strengths: Original, talented, imaginative. Weaknesses: Unrealistic, aggressive, clingy. Be open to his oddities. He has to do things his way, no matter how odd they seem. But that's what makes him so interesting, so go with the flow if you can. Once he feels connected, he'll love you with all he's got. And with his sexual intensity, that's something you shouldn't miss.