"Doesn't play well with others" :(

Who knew that when Dr. Anita Taylor, the assistant principal of my elementary school, wrote "Doesn't play well with others" on my second grade report card, it was going to be a life sentence.

Today I was supposed to go with a friend and her sister to the mountains. I was totally psyched. I have very few female friends, and I really want to keep this one. I have 3 close female friends in Bosnia - one who knows me inside and out (I would show her this blog, which is saying a lot), one who is more like a gal pal that I laugh and go to coffee with, but no deep stuff (this is who I was supposed to go to the mountain with), and one that I go to dinner with like once or twice a month when I am in town and that's about it.

So all was cool...I was set for a day of just chillin' (literally), hiking, and laughing at my attempts at the Bosnian language.

...until I walk into the faculty offices Friday night to say goodnight and two other women remark at how they will see me tomorrow. Huh? Oh yeah, my friend's sister can't come so she invited those two.

F#@*!

One woman is the wife of a faculty member. She is one of those people who is self-assured, confident, but butt ugly and dumb as a post. We got into a fight yesterday because she wanted to give a gift to our landlady, but she didn't want to buy anything...she wanted to give items we bought for our marketing campaign. When I said no, she left in a huff and then loudly bad mouthed me to her husband while standing outside my office door.

The other woman just simply doesn't like me. I think she is warming up to me, but there are factors that will always keep us distant. 1) She takes the Serb side in the recent conflict - I personally cannot get past that one; 2) She is sensitive about the fact that she is incredibly unattractive - she has coke bottle glasses, bucky teeth, and is about 75 lbs over weight...I mean she's got the whole package; 3) She has an Ivy Leage PhD - 'nuf said there; 4) She is unpopular with the students, the local staff, the male faculty, and just people in general. I have had friends like this who have been fine because they were ok with who they are. She's not. She is bitter and jealous. She makes comments to other people trying to point out my flaws.

So, I should have been the bigger person, swallowed hard and sucked it up...

...not a chance! I played sick. My frined actually came up to my apartment to see if I was alright. Surprise, surprise, the other two witches were totally fine with me just staying home and resting up.

I guess this one ends happily ever after...