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 I went over to my director's house last night to 'play nice'. If things ever get out of control, I want it on the record as being the one who always took the high ground, the one who always tried to get along, etc. They were having a movie night, TGF had dance, and I knew it wouldn't be too late of a night so I went. I brought a bottle of wine and stayed far away from any heavy booze on purpose. It was an interesting night. But let me back up and start at the beginning.

Got up and worked on one client. I am stuck on this report and I reached out to a co-worker for assistance. She is going to be helping me later today to see if we can figure out why I am not getting the results I want. During that time, my director sent out the email about having a movie night. I responded and kept working. I think she was a little surprised I accepted which was part of my motive. I had to find a ride there because the kid has school all day on Wednesdays and I needed to leave the car at the train station for her.

TGF came over around 4 as I was finishing up some stuff for my other client. I told her I was going over there and while she wasn't happy (she is still pissed off) she understood why I was doing it. We had taco salads, relaxed watching Being Human (the UK version which is AWESOME for the record...)

OH! Major tangent - I was doing some math yesterday thanks to Apple. I am sure most of you saw the release yesterday of the iPad 3, which I want very badly now thank you very much. At the same time they also released an Apple TV 3. While I have the first generation of the product, mine is clunky and doesn't do 1080p which is one of the reasons I only use it occasionally. But the new version has the kinks worked out and at $99, I think I will get one next month. It doesn't ship until the 16th so I can wait until the end of the month. But that got me thinking about how much am I actually paying for a tv show. Since I can download an entire season of a show legally for anywhere between $20 and $30 off of the Apple TV, the Google TV, etc, I wanted a baseline. I always think I am paying too much when I do a whole season but when I did the math?? Right now DTV is charging me $82 a month. $82!! And I don't get any special channels or sports. That's almost $1000 a year. Out of all the channels I watch, I care about at the MOST 15 TV shows. I really could only name 11, but I rounded up for arguments sake. In the end, I am paying $65 a show. Gee, almost double than if I d/l'd the entire season off one of my devices. Um.... So I am going to see if I can get full seasons of a couple of the shows I am currently watching, and if I can great, if not I wait for the season to end and buh-bye DTV.

Back to the day. Around 7 TGF headed off to dance and my friend and I went off to this movie party. The movie was Punisher and the party part was every time Thomas Jane has his shirt off, you drink. If you've never seen the Punisher, he has his shirt off A LOT. We got there about 7:30 and my directors were already lit up like Christmas. Not bad but definitely already happy. We chit chatted for a while, then sat down to watch the movie. In the first twenty minutes there six shots had. Now, I had a bottle of wine and would 'shoot' from my glass of wine but was nowhere near getting drunk. The male part of my directors? He was TRASHED - really bad. Like really quick really bad. I could see his wife getting a little worried, trying to get him to go to bed, but he was being stubborn. So I stepped in. I took him outside, walked him around, got him some water, the whole nine yards. When we got back inside he was doing much better. He was still drunk, but back to goofy drunk not fighting or sleeping drunk. We left around 10 something when the movie was over and my director grabbed me and hugged me tight. Here's the conversation had at ear level for no one else to hear -

Her: You know I love you very much even if I want to kill you most of the time
Me: I know.
Her: Thank you for helping with XXXXX. We do still need to talk.
Me: No we don't. She's not here is she?
Her: No, but this is my house.
Me: Right and I wouldn't disrespect you by bringing her here. I respect your house rules and there will be no disrespect.
Her: Thank you
Me: You're welcome, but remember it's a two way street. You can't disrespect me any more.

She hugged me tighter and we left it at that. Let's see where it goes. Again, I have to be the bigger man even if only for my own peace of mind. Got home around 11, talked to TGF for a while, told her what happened, and that's the day.

Much better than lately. I think I feel more at ease having shown I can play nice and to get some message across. For what it's worth.