Oh I love a rainy night!

So the good guys (the Red Sox) won last night.  That's a good thing.  Schill pitched well.  And with the Sox in first place, all is right with the world.  Let's revisit that one in September! 

 

Kathleen and I had an interesting conversation last night.  As I was working on the blog's appearance, her college professor friend called.  It's the first time Kathleen has spoken to this friend in several weeks, due to a disparaging comment the good doctor made about me awhile back.  From what I can gather, said college professor decided it would be appropriate to make sure Kathleen knew that she wasn't as enthusiastic about me anymore due to my inability to find a job.  Essentially, since I'm not earning as much as I used to earn, I'm no longer a viable candidate for marriage.  Oh, really?  Gee, thanks Doc.  That's so nice of you to say.  So, from what she says, a potential marriage partner's viability as a candidate is proportional to the size of his wallet. 

 

Further into the conversation, said doctorate also commented that I'm not doing enough to get a job.  Apparently, the 2 or 3 dozen job applications and constant calls to the boards of education in the area aren't enough.  When pressed for an answer to the question, "but what else should he do," Kathleen was met with, "I don't know."  Cute. 

 

Be that as it may, let's get back to the present.  The conversation between my future bride and I developed out of a phone call Kathleen had with her friend, described above.  During the course of this discussion, I found that the good professor is now denying that she ever said any of the above, and is claiming that Kathleen misheard her.  Please keep in mind, when the original conversation (detailed in paragraphs 2 and 3) went down, she was outraged.  At that time, she was quite clear in what she heard and experienced.  I cannot begin to tell you how upset she was.  Therefore, I'm siding with Kathleen's memory on this one. 

 

Kathleen has been leaning toward ending this friendship, essentially defending me to a woman who has proven to be unable to be trusted.  She's shown herself to be two-faced.  The professor will be quite jovial toward me when I'm present, and then strike me dead when I'm out of the room.  Also, the change in Kathleen when this woman is around is not something I'm really very thrilled with anyway. 

 

But now, my fiancée is upset again.  This time because her professor friend is denying Kathleen her feelings.  This back and forth from this woman is not something I'm thrilled with.  She plays with Kathleen's emotions and heart strings far too much.  And the influence this woman holds over Kathleen's world view (even for a short period of time) is something I cannot stand.  While I won't influence Kathleen's decision regarding what to do with this friendship, I'm hoping she's going to see the light and either end it or continue it with some restrictions. 

 

In other news, I've been playing with the appearance of the blog.  I have a few things I need to tweak, I know that.  But I'll be working on that over the next few days.  I think the look of the page is outstanding...it blends with CG quite well.  And getting rid of that annoying nav bar at the top of the screen makes life nice, too. 

 

The new event calendar is running at CG, too.  It's fully housed on the website, a very small applet.  I think it works great, but now I need to change the navigation to reflect that we're no longer using Yahoo!  OOPS! 

 

Off to New Britain.  Let's get a win today in front of all the kids!