Katy Klein Has a Chat

So we’ve hit a bit of a snag in our Semi-Dry-July quest.  In fact the boy is already out of the running with a total of 3 drinking nights but a staggering 10 drinks, breaking the 8-drink maximum.  Seven of these drinks were in one night as ‘No more for me thanks’ is obviously not part of his vocabulary. Considering he bought the dryness into our house I can’t helped but feel a tad miffed.

Unfortunately I don’t have much to crow about as although I am still in the running, I am rather concerned that all I wanted last night was a juicy glass of red wine.  I also cheated and rounded down 1.4 standard drinks to one drink.

But I did manage to attend book club and not partake of the champers (although not without complaining).  We had read Barack Obama’s first book  but we didn’t get around to discussing it until we had first checked on our first intra-book club romance and then heard details of two of the attendees romances: secret-sex-man and not-quite-sure-if-I-am-in-or-out-man. For those of you who have spent some time dating you’ll know who I am talking about, we’ve all met them.  I’m sure there are some female equivalents and I would love to know what they are. 

So I came out of the closet and told the girls that I was unemployed and they were just lovely and supportive.  I told them part of the Snake Woman story.  I’ve stopped talking about it as I found that most people don’t seem to believe me. The worrying thing is is that more often than not people will say that they were bullied too or know someone who was.  It seems to come in a lot of forms and be rather common. But no one talks about it much. Anyway I am finally working through it and are still constantly grateful that I don’t have to work with the Snake Woman anymore. And now I only occasionally think of revenge scenarios like signing her up for a mental health newsletter! Unfortunately you just have to rely on karma for such people.