I got home yesterday (finally! It was great to be able to sleep in my own bed!). I went into my old work just to say hi and ran into my friend. She seemed angry with me, it turns out that the reason the job I thought I had wasn't working out as planned was because a) I had been calling my perspective boss' house (I was given that number and I had assumed they had a home office; it didn't make sense that I would be given his *home* phone number!!) I called a few too many times (even though I was told to call back later in hopes of catching him!) and c) I was following some very well meaning advice that obviously I shouldn't have followed. Basically, I was a bit overzealous and in trying to secure a job, I pissed off the guy's wife and blew it.

I hope I didn't get my friend who had hooked me up with the guy in trouble; I don't think I said anything that would put him in a difficult position if things didn't work out (I was careful not to do that!) but I don't know what *he* said. I guess I can't do anything about how far he chooses to stick his neck out; but I still feel responsible.

I'm going to call him tonight, and I'll call the guy I was going to work for tomorrow. Basically I'm going to say something like "I'm sorry I kept calling your house, honestly I thought that you had a home office and did not realize that I'd been given your home phone number. I didn't mean to cause any disruption in calling to tell you when I'd be back in town, I was following well meaning advice that I shouldn't have followed. If you still want to talk to me we'll set something up and if not, just tell me now and I'll go away, no hard feelings."

I'm not too worried about not getting the job, I know I can make something work. I've got more than one back up plan! I *am* kicking myself in the butt though!

I came home and the energy here is much better than it was when I left. I still feel a bit pissy whenever I'm here and I don't entirely know why. I guess I have to work on the energy here, because this doesn't happen elsewhere.

I see my mom has a lot of new books that I might like to read. I started one called "Sexual Life in Ancient Rome" or something like that (can't remember now) and though it's written in a style that's a bit dry, it is very interesting.