10:59 p.m. | 2003-11-18 Sisterhood, It�s A Beautiful Thing. First off, thanks to everyone who has taken a moment to drop me a line. I appreciate it more than I can express. Second, if you�re still reading me, thanks. I�m behind on reading, updating and responding to emails and such. And, uh, pretty much everything else. I�ve got some catching up to do, but I�ll get there. Anyway, I called DearestSister (DS) a couple of weeks ago and left her a message. As I didn�t hear back from her, I knew she never received it. (That�s the tricky part of having a teenager in your home -- in her home, not mine.) So, I called her again. Here�s that. (DS:) (Picking up after screening the call.) Hey CI, what�s going on? (CI:) Well, I called a couple of weeks ago with an update but since I haven�t heard back, I�m sure you didn�t get that message. (DS:) No, I didn�t; I would�ve called you right away. What�s up? (CI:) I�ll be laid off at the end of the year. (DS:) What?! That�s insane. (CI:) Insane, but true. (DS:) That�s just stupid. But, I�m sure you�ll be fine. I mean, with your experience, education and contacts� I�m sure it�ll all work out. (CI:) Me too. At least, I�m hoping that�s the case. (DS:) What can I do? Seriously. I want to do something. Tell me what I can do. (CI:) Well, you can promise that if I don�t find a job here that you�ll hire me. (DS:) Oh, you know I would. In a second. (CI:) Other than that, there�s not really anything you can do at the moment. (DS:) Well, everything happens for a reason. (CI:) Yeah. Lets hope the reason I moved to TheHotel was because I�m supposed to live in TheHotel as opposed to being one of the homeless people living out back. (DS:) Okay. Now that was funny. (CI:) I thought so too. (DS:) I�m sure you�ll be fine though. Is it any wonder why I call her DearestSister? your thoughts? seed flower