Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[Sid]

Well, as always, coming to you guys for a group hug. Have had a very stressful time at work... we discovered that one of the girls was embezzling... a LOT. A whole lot. Today was the day she was confronted and offered the chance to repay or... else. I've been dealing with it ok till today when she was actually gone, and then the personal side of it hit me... and I realized I've lost a friend as well as a trusted coworker... well, I thought she was a friend. It feels, anyway, like I've lost a very good friend.

I miss her. But at the same time, I can't get my mind around the thieving. And the fact that I didn't catch on long ago. How on earth can you ever know how to trust people?????

So sorry, Lori and here's my part of the group hug.

Had a awful day here too. Found a great looking JV Northern Water and intended to keep it for class room presentations. When I gone home, I noticed protrusions comming out both sides of its neck. Swallowd a baby catfish backwards. It couldn't be saved, so had to do what wass best for it.

[Garter_Gertie]

Lori, Sid, gods love the two of you. What a horrible day you two have had.

Sid, you done good. Bless you for having the strength to do what needed to be done.

Lori, I just don't know what to say. I'm guessing, right now, you're feeling very raw and even skeptical of some of us here. Which is understandable.

I wish there was something I could do or say to ease what you're going through, but I don't know what it would.

Hugs to you, Sweetie... mk

[jitami]

Lori and Sid, so sorry you've had aweful days... ((((hugs))))

My very first job one of my managers was fired for embezzling... I don't think it was a major amount, but the "big boss" scared the living crud out of me enough that I would never even consider taking a pen <gg>

[anji1971]

Lori, I'm sorry to hear about that incident. When someone you consider a friend betrays your trust, it really does keep coming back to haunt you. I wish I had something to tell you to make it feel better, but I guess the truth is, people are complicated, and can do the strangest things at unexpected moments. I think I've stopped trying to figure them out at all. (and I'm not bitter about anything that may have happened in my own life lately. no. not at all. but that's a whole 'nother story.)

Sid, that's too bad about the snake. I've never had to make that decision and I hope I never have to.
Hugs to both of you.

[Lori P]

Thanks everyone. Anji, hon, it sounds to me like you could use a big hug, too, so consider yourself hugged tight. We do go on, don't we... but these bumps in the road are really not something any of us need to deal with. Why people can't just be honest, do their jobs, and be kind.... is beyond me. Is that too much to ask for??

Sid, how terrible-- never thought about how often that might happen in the wild. You gave that guy a quicker ending than he would have had, so that's a good thing.

[Garter_Gertie]

Yeah, Anj. Sounds like you, too, need a hug. (((((Anji)))))

I'm glad we all have each other. At least I'm glad I have all of you. No matter what or how my day goes, I know my fellow snigglette lovers will be here and I can lose myself in snakedom and their friendship.

[Snake lover 3-25]

so sorry to hare about your bad day too sid.... that stinks......

[drache]

for those of you into cute - this has a high "awwww" factor
definitely look at the slide show - good photos
Anjana the chimpanzee befriends two white tiger cubs in South Carolinacubs | The Sun |News

[Lulu Bennett]

OMG Rhea, i love white tigers. they are by far on of my fave animals. those pictures were just sooooooo cute.

[Snake lover 3-25]

OMG!!!!! I just had the scariest moment of my life.... so I was walking around and looking for snakes when I decided to go and see if I could find any of the ones that I released..... well I released my snakes on a property that borders mine because it had a pond.... but this property has a fence around it....... so I kind of jumped the fence which I had dnoe a million times before and I was walking around with my dog when out of nowhere came this guy with a big gun.... omg it scared the **** out of me..... and so I kind of started to walk hastily away.... and he fallowed me... I was quite aways in front of him and in the woods so I hopped back over the fence and then he said hello.... and i'm like o crap what do I do now..... so he asked me what I was doing and I said I was just walking around... which I was.... so my dog comes up from wandering off somewhere and sees him.... well we thought my dog was mased when she was a pup bc she is terrified of men wearing orange..... so we just asumed that one of those guys that comes to check the meters had done it bc he was afraid of dogs...... so my dog sees this guy carrying this big gun and takes off..... and I really mean she took off.... so this is when he's still asking me questions and so I really didn't know what to do and so I tokd him meydog was scared of men wearing orange and he told me not to come back durring hunting season and so I go and start calling her....my dog has never run away.... anywhere for any length of time... usually when she sees men wearing orange she'll just bark and growl and back away slowly.... but she ran.... and so I wandered around and looked for her for about half an hour and I went home and called hor her from there.... well I guess she ran past my house..... who knows how far but she came from the other direction and we were at least a mile away from my house when she ran..... and that's going strait through the woods... which is not the way we came.... but so I eventually got her and she is like dying of thirst and for rest...... o yeah... and she is not a very fit dog.... she's fat... and can hardly even run since she had her pups and widened out...... but it was bed.... she's fine now... little dirty but fine.... me too..... aside from torn up legs from running through the woods.... and jumping fences....... but I learned a few things.......1. don't go in the woods durring hunting season...2. don't tresspass on nice days3. my dog was def. shot at/scared by a hunter not a meter reader4. my dog can def. run5. don't run from a guy when you're on private property6. typing on my phone hurts my fingers lol