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I am eternally grateful that I am on holidays. Well,,,, tonight is the first night of my holidays.
I feel that I have to clarify my last entry. I did not have a blackout due to some strenuous drinking session.... it was an electrical blackout. Bad weather does that in the area I live in. Not that I live in the stone age or anything... just a quirky, pretty place.
But, I am over that now. When we built this house, I insisted on gas so that, in blackouts, we could still have hot water and cook. So at least we could be clean and well fed.
I have a new staff member. She is my age, but new in my profession. She shows much talent and I know that others will be head hunting her.
So I mentioned to my boss that I had the feeling she might leave. (Why work where I do.... when you can have an easier time in other areas?) Anyway, she wanted to speak to me privately this morning. She told me that she had been offered another job. But she had said 'no' because she felt that she could learn from me (well, that was the warm fuzzy bit of the story)
Then she said..... "I really like they way you run this place... it is kind of like a friendly prison"
I choked.
It is funny the perceptions that one has of oneself..... Am I self deluded? I have always considered myself very flexible. A prison. A prison. Did I hear her right?
What is more amusing is that she seems to like the idea of a 'friendly prison'.... honestly, I don't know whether to laugh or cry!
