It'd been a week since Sandra had gotten out of the hospital, she'd still been at home though on Strickland. She'd long since gotten bored of her own company and was fed up of the way she was feeling. It had been two weeks since she'd come down with swine flu and she was pretty fed up of it she was exhausted, her head was killing and she couldn't keep any food down. Sandra was feeling a lot better from when she was in hospital but Strickland would not let her get back to work until they were sure it was gone as they all knew it was contagious. She'd put up with all the day time TV she could but there's only so much she could take, she'd tried to sleep and tried to do some cleaning. Nothing was helping, Sandra lay on her sofa curled up in her blanket. It was unusual for Sandra not to be busy, so she lay and just thought over her life and her relationships.
Things were going brilliantly at UCOS, she was happy here, she'd been put in charge of it for shooting a dog. Now she just thought it was fate, she'd always loved her job but she'd never truly been happy in any other department so now she had UCOS she wasn't going to let it go. Strickland regularly offered her promotions but she was happy where she was and was pretty sure she always would be.
Next she thought about the people in her life. First was Brian.
Of all the boys at UCOS Brian was the one Sandra was least close to, yes they were all her best friends. She finds his weird compulsive ways strange but she knows she wouldn't have it any other way. Sometimes Sandra thinks she understands how Brian feels but then concludes it's probably nothing the same.
Her thoughts wandered to Jack. She'd known Jack longest of the three boys and saw him almost as a father figure. Like in most friendships they'd had their ups and downs. The last down they'd had having been when she found out about Jack's involvement in the circumstances around her fathers death. Sandra had ignored him for days afterwards and then slowly they'd got closer until now they were back to normal again.
Next her mind wandered of to Strickland, although Strickland really annoys her Sandra secretly likes Strickland. She enjoys making fun of him with the boys in the office but she thinks he's a really good boss. Yes when he is shouting at her or having a go at her for the way UCOS get there results he annoys her, but most of the time they are almost friends.
That was all she had to say for Strickland, she knew how Strickland felt about her but Sandra knew nothing would ever happen as she doesn't feel the same. It would just make things awkward. Her mum was the next person to pop into her head.
They'd never really been close and it had always been a difficult relationship. Sandra and her mum were really similar to each other, they were both stubborn and had difficulty feeling things properly and expressing love. She knows this is probably why they aren't close.
Last but by absolutely no means least was Gerry. Gerry and Sandra were the bestest of friends and they cared about each other more than they cared to admit. They were constantly making jokes at each others expense, but they really did respect each other. Another thing they did a lot of was flirt; they'd known each other nearly 9 years and Sandra could not remember a day go by when Gerry didn't flirt with her. Sometimes she flirted back for the fun of it and sometimes she just ignored him it all depended on her mood. Nothing has ever happened between them and maybe never will but Sandra often finds her self wondering what it'd be like if it did. She recons it would work out giving how well they know each other and how much they trust each other. Sandra trusted him more than anyone else she'd ever known, maybe even more than her dad.
She fell asleep thinking about everything and found herself dreaming about a relationship with Gerry and it wasn't the first time either. Sandra had found herself dreaming about this every night since she'd last seen him.