Friday Night

Tonight I finally got into the pool with my daughter -- and with _storyteller_ and my Ex-Husband. We had a great time. I haven't been immersed in a body of water since kateri_thinks and I played in the Gulf of Mexico more than a year ago. The two men kept launching the Daughter into the air and making her go splash -- to her great delight. I did some modest diving from the side of the pool, something I haven't done in I-can't-remember-how-long.

The pool trip was after we had dinner (hamburgers, which _storyteller_ cooked, chips, cantalope), and the Ex presented the Daughter with the new laptop which was her gift from the two of us and my parents for her elementary school graduation.

The water was wonderful. So was the shower afterward.

Then there was another hour or so of amiable conversation over pie, and then I pointed out to the gentlemen that it was getting late. _storyteller_ graciously carried three boxes of books up to my bedroom before departing, and the Ex gathered up the computer boxes to leave in the recycling on his way out.

Now the Daughter is playing chess against her computer, and I am preparing to luxuriate on MY NEW BED!! (Photos will be posted tomorrow.)

At work today the Boss gathered one of his direct reports and the hired-gun project manager and me into his office for a brief and to the point conversation: [QoS] is to be the project manager on this initiative. Not a supporter. Not job shadowing. She is the One.

And the other two said, "Absolutely! Great idea! See ya, QoS, we're going off to have a drink."

Actually, he had already discussed this with the others, and this was the formal making-sure-we're-all-on-the-same-page meeting, since there had been some misunderstanding in the past. And truthfully, I've been given a great message of support: that they all have confidence in my ability to handle this and they are all more than ready to help me as I take a very big step forward and up in my skills development.

So it's been a great day.