David's Tangled Thoughts

I have been crushing hard on one of my coworkers for a couple of years. A mutual friend has remarked that we are so similar. We get along great. It's hard to read him though. Sometimes he indicates that he is straight by talking about a crush or brings up the lady that he is dating. Yet, there are other times where there is this doublespeak and I get this vibe that he may not be straight. That same mutual friend mentioned above, gets that vibe as well. Three of us were talking today and he and I were going back and forth on the banter. It was close to his time to go and the third said something along the lines of, "are you leaving me too?" She thought that I was leaving as the same time as my crush. I was not. "Oh, we're not together." I looked at him and saw his face. It dropped and he looked hurt. He was also quiet. I laughed to emphasize that it was doublespeak banter. Yet, I was dying inside. I regretted saying it. A little later in the day, the other co

A group of managers want me to apply for a floor supervisor position. It's a parallel position to the one I currently have but it opens up the possibility of going further up the management track. The trouble is that I don't want to go out on the floor. My current position tests my introverted nature enough as it is. Would I want a position that doesn't pay more but adds more stress? I have to push on so I went online to put in my application. Another posting caught my eye, however. It was a Management in Training position. This surprised me as this is a tribal program. I wouldn't expect to see it on the public postings. I looked at the requirements - tribal citizen was not one of them. I brought this up to some people at work and they were questioning it to but encouraged me to try it out anyways. I made an application for the floor sup position. I also did it for the MIT position. In the middle of the application for that, a question popped up to ask if I was a citize

It took a while but the second set of COVID tests that I ordered from USPS arrived. It looks like they poorly planned these shipments. They arrived in big commercially sold envelopes. So glad my tax dollars are at work! /s These are good to have. I have gone through my initial set with some concerns that I developed COVID again. I have been vaxed and boostered but you never know if you get a breakthrough case. Fortunately in both cases, I tested negatively. Turns out I was regular  sick.  

Gas broke the $5.00 mark in my hometown. The local Shell station has it at $5.25/gal. My friend texted me that when he filled up the van he was driving, it was $100 even with his tribal discount that receives. Quick head math leads me to dread when my little Ford Fiesta is going to cost me $50 just to fill up. I'm glad that I bought that car when we were going through our last gasoline crisis. Patty (yes, I named my car) is getting up there in age and I've been thinking about getting a new car. Some other recent financial setbacks has made me put off that. The Toyota Corolla Cross has been on my mind for almost a year now. About a week ago, I saw a press release that they will be debuting a hybrid version later this year. There isn't any details like pricing or how many mpgs this is expected to get. I've heard 38 mpgs to low 40s. I will keep an eye on this. In the mean time, I may start biking to work. I've done it a few times and it is stressful biking through the