Did I miss something? Is today really FRIDAY the 13th instead of Monday the 13th? I won't go into detail, but I am having serious problems with one of my staff members, and I'm at a loss as to how to fix it. I'm such a non-adversarial person (How could a lawyer be non-adversarial you ask? I have no clue, but I am) and the constant tension is wearing me down. This is the absolute first person I have ever had working for me who has caused me any grief whatsoever. Her reality is different from mine and nothing I say can reconcile our differences. She has been very hostile, and I think if I could I would probably fire her for insubordination, gross insubordination in fact, but I am not the final authority on firing. I think tomorrow I will have to stand up on my two hind feet and do something!, although I don't know yet what that something might be. I dread going to work, and she has made me cry a few times. However, I have not and will not let her know that.

Sorry for whining. I am now on to more pleasant things. I thought I would share this picture of me and my children circa 1987. Don't the big hair and even bigger glasses look awful? We have all changed considerably since then, (and I'm certainly not as skinny) but it is a good picture of my brood. It's so hard to get all five of them together anymore. The tall one in back is 6'7" or so and the other boys are all six feet and over. Samantha is the shortest one at 5'11". They got their height from both of us, but particularly from their dad, who is 6'5" - or at least he was. We have both gotten a bit shorter with age. You know what that means, don't you? My BMI is higher than it would be if I were still 5'8" instead of about 5' 7 1/4". Moreover, I would also not be quite as overweight. (Go figure that one out!)



Happy Tuesday and ~ Joan

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