{"id":180,"date":"2005-11-04T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-04T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/04\/work-stress-and-a-run-in-with-an-ex-roommate\/"},"modified":"2005-11-04T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-04T13:09:00","slug":"work-stress-and-a-run-in-with-an-ex-roommate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/04\/work-stress-and-a-run-in-with-an-ex-roommate\/","title":{"rendered":"work stress and a run-in with an ex-roommate"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I was over at my ex-roommate’s mom’s place – putting plastic on her windows. She’d been wanting me to do it and though I usually call first, this time I just stopped by after my post halloween hair-cut. <\/p>\n

I had the double-stick tape in place and was trying to get the plastic unfolded when my ex-roommate pulled up to deliver some fish to his mom from the resturant where he works. We talked for a bit and he helped a little with the plastic, but it was….<\/p>\n

It was the kind of awkward of two people who were friends, but haven’t seen each other in ten years and realize that they don’t have anything in common anymore.<\/p>\n

I could tell the converstation was struggling, so I asked “How are your boys doing?” – which should have been a fountain of topics for most parents.<\/p>\n

His reply was “Oh, you know how they are.”<\/p>\n

Except that I didn’t – I haven’t seen them in a year and I was asking. I realized then that it was over – if he wasn’t willing to share even the most simple of topics, we couldn’t really communicate.<\/p>\n

I was still working on getting the plastic in place when he announced he was leaving. He said his good-byes – leaving me to finish put the plastic over his mom’s windows. I finished up my work fairly quickly – I’ve done this several years in a row – and headed out too. <\/p>\n

I think I need to distance myself from his mom and his grandmother a bit more – until he makes an effort to seek me out again, I don’t think I want to run into him. It was just too awkward.<\/p>\n

In other news…man, work has really sucked this week. And it was a short week for me at that. I’ve been swamped pretty much all the time and I keep getting these big projects with impossible deadlines. I guess it’s job security, but man – I’ve been hopping. And I found myself clenching my teeth in a meeting. Not good.<\/p>\n

But, hey, it’s Friday. And I’ve got no major plans for the weekend. Maybe I’ll clean out my closets and do a little woodcarving. <\/p>\n

For now, though, it’s back to work…<\/p>\n

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