The ghost of my brain goes to your's

Hi Toe,
Congratulations on the new position. Managerial work, dude. That sounds very important, and with 7-8 people below you, I imagine it is. I understand what you are saying about needing to tell someone, and not wanting to talk to coworkers about it. I remember in my last years as an employee of someone other than myself, I applied for and got a supervisor job. I knew I was qualified in terms of knowledge, but I wasn't sure about my the quality of my personality for managing people. The one other person who applied was someone more bossy than me, and I could imagine him much better suited for the job. So I got kind of competitive, and subtly advertised to the department director my accomplishments, really marketed myself within the office. It worked, and I was hired, now supervising the guy who also applied (along with 5 other workers). The other guy never quite acted the same toward me, and was decidedly challenging whenever we had meetings. It wasn't really overt, but he had a tendency to take over the meetings I held.

Anyway, I lasted in the job only a little while before I left for the hinterland. He applied for it again, but again the job went to someone else, a woman who I had supervised who was a bit older than me, and quite a bit more experienced.

So, I understand. And congratulations again. From what I understand about what you do, this is a huge thing.

Things are good here. It's been a crazy month so far, but nothing bad--just busy. I'll try to call you soon--something I've been saying to myself, and yes, I too have noticed the weeks go by without me calling you.

Glad to hear you are well and still married. Same here!
Love,
E-word