Perhaps I'm being overly sensitive. Perhaps.
Then again, perhaps I work with chauvenistic a$$es. Not in my personal office mind you... it's actually our client who is 3 hours away. See... there is this hugely expensive video conferencing unit so we can chat back and forth at will. Normally, the supervisor displays a computer screen with the latest weather map or satellite picture on it. Since there is a weather event in the northeast today, we had been conferencing directly with the client, so they could see us walking around the office. Fast-forward to me leaning over the supervisor's desk 3 hours later, with my own a$$ right in the camera. Suffice it to say that I didn't realize it. Heck, it'd been an awful day and my mind was reeling. But the client called my supervisor and I realized what happened. It wouldn't have been so terrible, had they not laughed about it for five minutes while changing the display to the latest weather map. I feel humiliated.

At the same time... I want to laugh and say "so what"? What keeps me from that is realizing that 150 jerks were gathered around the screen making wise remarks about my plaid-clad bootie (yes folks, it was a faux-Burberry day with a tan cashmere and silk sweater). I just hate that it was me, making my 15 minutes of fame by shakin' it on the big screen -- In our office, it's a 52 inch plasma monitor. At the Client's office... it's more like a projection movie-screen deal. :-P

I love sharing joy with my friends.
One thing I miss right now about being in a relationship... is that I never have someone to share my joy with, who I'm going to see tonight. A good friend just called me and I'm so excited about the news shared with me. My first instinct is to tell someone. But I can't rightly tell anyone I work with. And I thought quickly that I'd be able to share with my spouse when I got home... but I don't live at Home anymore. And then I got sad. I hate these mood swings. They'll end... right? But anyway, I *do* love sharing joy with my friends... and my friend really *does* have something to be happy about. I'm happy for 'em.