The meaning behind your Open Diary name

i worked as an office manager for a few years for a nonprofit providing services to people living with hiv/aids.  i was very good at my job.  i was your go to girl.  the agency sponsored space for other angencies to work out of so that they could provide their services to our target group.  they included alcohol and drug rehabs and planned parenthood who came once a week to provide anonymous hiv testing.

one of the guys working out of our agency was in our office more than he was not…. he was an amish guy.  a friendly guy because his bible told him so…  he liked me very much.  he would follow me around the office from time to time singing goofy songs and telling people how wonderful i was.  building me up every chance he got.  he believed that petting your staff was a good thing and it helped control them and let you keep an eye and ear on what was going on.

his pet name for me was jule.  i had just found out a few months before that my unusual and eclectic middle name meant patio in spanish.  hell, i thought it was a french word.  he would call me "ruby, my jule".  he probably used the jewel spelling in his head, but i liked mine better.  i even considered changing my name, i liked that much.

lolly introduced me to open diary on september 13, 2000.  when i was setting my diary up i liked it’s simplicity.  and i just kept it.  it’s some of the fight i have against change.
there we are.  another step done.

i had a good day.  but i am going to need to take a nap now.  i will tell you why i had a good day next time.  it’s pretty cool.