Good for you for sending the counter-offer! I wonder how long it's going to take them to get back to you! I think that if your friend said to send it over, you don't need to worry about how it's going to reflect on her... she wouldn't have encouraged you to do that if she had any concerns for herself.

I'm not really sure what it means if she tells that guy that he has to deal with it. He just doesn't seem very reliable, so I don't know how that's going to play out... I guess you'll find out!

And, ugh... the whole situation sounds so messy. I'm sorry! I hope that when you start working, you can manage to keep thinking about your own business on the side and building up some clients for that, so that you can eventually get away from this place and do your own thing!

Thanks for the good thoughts about my friend, and the fall. Yeah, I'm just feeling sort of *ugh* - it was just so painful (I almost passed out, a couple times, trying to get back into the house!) and it sucks. I live alone, so no real help here. The good news is that the ankle seems to be doing pretty well, I'm hobbling around with less pain than the last time I sprained an ankle, which is good, and even made it to the store this afternoon for... umm... chocolate and cheesecake (and now have a spinning head from too much sugar!)

I hope my friend is ok too. She sounded so miserable in her last email, and now I haven't heard anything from her at all this week... !