’ Isabel made a face and I was certain I had just overstepped my professional boundaries. I was mentally preparing to back-track when she shook her ...head and laughed, opening her car door to get in. ‘Somehow … I can sense that about you.’ She got inside, showing a bit more thigh than she intended no doubt. Thankfully, she didn’t see me looking. I was halfway to my car when she went racing past me, sending a little ‘beep beep’ my way. *** A week later the company newsletter came out. You always. It wouldn't have taken me so long to sit down and write this if I weren't. Everything about this is hard. My job is hard, experiencing a new culture and not constantly putting my foot in my mouth is hard, and being this far from you is hard. Knowing we are all far from each other is hard. I worry about you.I miss everything... Seeing you when I wake up, and again at the end of my day. I miss hearing about yours, and knowing I will have the same tomorrow – or most of you, at any rate. I. "Yuk, fuckin’ yuk. I think I'm gonna throw up right here on Mary Nolan's beat up ol sweater she wears to every meeting." Finally, after what seemed like two and one-half centuries, the President tapped his gavel ("Probably the only thing he's tapped all year" Jake mumbled), cleared his throat in the annoying way he has, and bellowed, "On with New Business. Tonight we are pleased to have Ms. Jules Titan from the Cunning Ad Associates Group here to present us with a new ad campaign for. " Carol poked her tongue out at me.Prof chuckled. "Okay. I'll just get one for myself."Prof left. I made a mental note to think about buying Carol a new cellphone - of her choice - for her birthday in a couple of months. [Carol beat me to it, getting herself a new one almost immediately. I made a mental note that I needed a new mental note for what to get Carol for her birthday.]Carol said, "I saved you from making a big mistake there." It's a good thing my sister can help me avoid mistakes.