ummm, so I just realized that my boss reads my blog.
“What?!?!” you say, “We thought only your friends had access??”
That would be also true. You see, back in the day when this blog began, I told 3 people at work about it, and gave them access. Didn’t seem a high-risk endeavor, as I really like these women, consider them friends, and trust them.
Then one of them got promoted a while ago – and is now my boss. And I still haven’t (obviously) quite made the mental transition. Thus, I decided to vent my spleen about shit going on at work on this very blog, which is not something – really – that one should do in a venue accessible to one’s boss. Even if she is your friend. Because, hello? We all want the people working for us to be motivated and cheerful (at least most of the time) employees with good attitudes.
I’m not sure she even has time to read this stupid blog, because she has been given a new role that is probably 3 times harder than the one I have.
But just in case:
Dear boss/friend,
Please know that I was tired and feeling sick and crappy and well, to be embarrassingly honest, pre-menstrual when I wrote that post. I really like my job, I don’t actually think it’s a hopeless situation (just a hard one), and by the way – I really like reporting to you, even if you are my friend and that’s a little weird. Finally, I want to be totally clear that I am extremely grateful to be gainfully employed in a time of economic uncertainty.
With much humility for stupid online venting,
Your idiot employee/friend


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12 March 2009 at 7:42 am
stephanie
Dooce.
12 March 2009 at 9:09 am
Filoli
That should fix it right up. (I like that you also tagged PMS as a contributing factor.) Oh, and Stephanie the Dooce comment cracked me up!
12 March 2009 at 2:24 pm
ste1695
pobody’s nerfect! xoxo c
12 March 2009 at 7:30 pm
maliasmama
And THAT, my dear, is why I sometimes feel muzzled on my own blog- just never know who is out there, reading!
13 March 2009 at 8:03 am
Sarah
I agree with Maliasmama…. I never should have give Tim’s mom our blog address. And ya know, when I posted that bit about Teddy Afro getting out of jail I really debated it. On the surface it seems like fluff, but we in the adoption community know that reps from other countries read out blogs and I would hate for something like that to hold us back from a second adoption.
But, ya know, I’m sure your boss friend will take your vent for what it is… a vent. Everyone has to have an outlet. When I was working, a few of my coworkers/friends read our blog and sometimes came upon some dirt about the job, but no one ever got upset. I’m sure it’ll be fine!
13 March 2009 at 9:48 am
Habesha Child
Hi Y’all,
Just a happy/relieved little update to tell you that my boss friend TOTALLY understood my vent and told me I was way too worried about it and she could not have been lovelier about it. You see why she is my friend first? She’s super cool.
So – please don’t worry about it any more – I’m not!
xoxo