Margarida,

       How are you doing? I hadn't heard from you in a little while, and I've been busy. Sometimes in English we use the word "you" in a general fashion when describing a concept, but that doesn't mean it's necessarily you specifically.

       I've been going through a bit of turmoil myself, lately. Somehow, despite my best efforts, some of the adverse influences from where I live seems to have slipped into my work environment - not from me personally, but in general. PDX is a bit of a crazy workplace, it seems. After six months, the bad attitude from the DOT "trainer" ("sabotager" would be more accurate, actually) has begun to infest my surroundings at the airport. That's one of the negative cycles which I've been trying to break. Although I've had some success at that, I'm just going to have to accept that the human parts of this world are just going insane, to some degree - those who have no belief in anything other than themselves, that is.

       It's gotten to the point that I cannot tolerate the notion of continuing to work there, so my last day is this Friday. I've already submitted the two-week notice on April 28th, so they cannot honestly say that I wasn't professional about it. Thus, I have a much more recent favorable work reference to add to my resume, which ought to make it easier to get work someplace else much more quickly. Previously I hadn't worked since 2018, and a lot of employers don't seem to like that. At least the job at the airport lasted six months, and it was full-time.

        Now if my narcissist neighbors would wake up and show some good sense, it would be a lot better. That's probably expecting miracles, though. Just a quick update, have a good week.

Bill

Thank you

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE OUR FEATURED MEMBER FOR MARCH!

That's not necessarily what I had said, Margarida, it's just that sometimes these online translators don't function all that well, and sometimes they translate the words but don't really convey the true meaning of the words in the phrase. It's not really your fault, so no apology is necessary. English may seem easier to you than Portuguese, but it's also a language in which it's easy to confuse the meaning of some phrases, especially when you throw in slang terms and phrases. Have a good day, Margarida.

Hi, Margarida,

       No problem, and you don't have to feel sorry about being concerned. I didn't take your comment as though you had "charged" me anything (it sounds like a credit card company comment, the way you worded it, though). That's OK, English is a complicated language.

        Well, take care, and have a good weekend.

Bill

I quit all the sites except here, WM and the music site.  I just have no time to do the other sites justice.  I barely have time for these.