OK, OK, I'm a day late, per my comment on

Crusader Rabbit's blog, but here I are! ;-)

Our daughter, D, has been undergoing some ....................... issues ..................... couple of months ago, a {recently hired, female} co-worker, C, in a general kibbitz session, demanded a hug from D - D complied, and inadvertently touched C's breast - C complained {sexual harassment}, D was counseled, 'don't let it happen again', etc. Fine.

Two weeks ago, C told another employee, S, that D had said it was OK for employees to help themselves to 'product' {they work in a veterinary clinic}, ie, steal from their employer. S went to T, the tech supervisor, who went to the owner of the clinic - Doc called D in, asked her if she had said this - D denied - S was called in, reiterated her conversation with C - C was called in, and claimed that S "totally misunderstood" what she {C} had said ....................... next few days were TENSE, with snarky comments & innuendoes directed at D, who finally went to Doc, & offered to quit, as it seemed she was such a target - Doc held a meeting after D had left for the day - read the riot act to ALL the other employees - upshot was, he called D & accepted her offer to quit, with 2 weeks' severance - seems D, when on the clock {and Doc's dime} believes she should be WORKING, not standing around BS'ing; also, she has a life outside work, and didn't find it necessary to go out drinking/partying with co-workers - C, the originator of the problems, is in her early 20's, with a small child - HER favorite after work activity is to go home & get high, with or without her husband, in the presence of her child ............................ NOW, before I'm accused of anything, yes, in my younger days, I did my share of indulging - YES, I did raise D with the knowledge that, if it were legal, Mom would still be indulging {getting high was more fun than getting drunk, for me} - D has had her experiences with .......................... "substances", but also outgrown it - BUT - I NEVER used 'unprescribed drugs' around D when she was small - she's rarely seen me drunk ............................
So, D gets her severance, cashes the check, gives $10.00 to J, her boyfriend, puts the rest {$490.00} in her purse - and has it stolen out of her purse @ WalMart .......................... if anyone thinks this Mom's heart isn't ACHING for her child, you're fulla gas ..........................

As for me, for about 3 days now, I've been having pain in my upper right/middle back - I THINK it's gallbladder stuff - Darvocet gave me about 3 hours' partial relief today - but there's NO comfortable position - I may go to the doc later this week, but there will be NO intervention 'til after the holidays - I turn 51 later this week, and then there's Christmas - give me medications to alleviate, and schedule any surgery after the first of the year .......................... ;-)