Last night I wasn't in the best of moods. My boss is retiring and his party was yesterday. Now I have worked for him for 3 years. In that 3 years, he has not ever told me that "you don't work for me, but we work together" but he has told others that. Ok, no sweat. Uh, then his Administrative Assistant,who is a great person-and really put the party together (I told her that with my health issues I didn't have the energy but I was going to make it to the party) gave a really good speech. I was never asked if I wanted to give a speech or any thing. I was his only direct report employee who didn't-I guess I should have spoken up ahead of time. But then my boss gets up and says what a great person the AA is and so on. Never mind the BS I put up before she was brought into the group about a year after I came on. Nothing-but then, he is pissed at me because of my absences due to health-he doesn't believe its real. I know that-he has told me that. And he has been real cold to me since there is now an ACTING IN HIS PLACE. But it really put a damper on how I view my working for him-he is not as fair as he pretends to be. And I have to play nice to him till the end of the year.

A little before the party, one of the group that share my office asked,"when are you going to decorate the door Crochetlady?" Uh, what did you do before I came along. I answered that since the theme this year was Retro, all I could think of was the red and green paper chains and the paper snowflakes I use to make as a kid. Did they have any ideas? And how about some help? One of the ladies-LL had helped me last year-but mainly it has been me. So this weekend my beads and pipecleaners are coming out and I will see what I can create. LL bought red wrapping paper-and I have glitter pens here-so we will see what we can come up with. Before Tuesday-so Monday will be decorating day.

So I get home a little down in the mouth and DH starts talking about how we are handling sending gifts/money to dd and her family. And how we are shopping for each other the "old way" we did when kids learned no santa-set amount for each of us and all shopping done in wally world in 1 day and it was fun. But we are sending the kids more than we are spending on each other. And apparently I said something in a way that let him know that I was not quiet happy with the funding issue-carryover from Wednesday.

We talk, and he says that he had told me that it wasn't the amount that caused a problem, it was what debit card was used. I don't remember him saying anything about if I had used the other debit card there wouldn't have been a problem. That I should've called him when I knew the total was more than I had told him. He still didn't get it. Then he said that he had started giving me $70/wk-$10/day like I asked for (I never asked for $10/day) but it stopped when I got sick over the summer-well, you know I gott paid for most of those days off so I still should have gotten the funds. Then he said that I get more than that between my nails and and when "you go shopping". Uh, I don't go shopping without him-and it is usually put on the stores credit card. Wait a minute, now that is my money-something is out of wack. Right now we are on a temporary truce. I did tell him that I had told him I had been uncomfortable with the previous set up since we hadn't budgeted him an 'allowance'. He said he didn't need one. No, he doesn't-he just would take what he needs when he does. I know this discussion isn't done-but it will resolved soon.