As an administrator I regard it as professional that I get on with everyone, that being said I work with people I cannot stand!!!  Not that they would ever know.  I am friendly and helpful at all times, I do my job to the best of my ability and everyone is happy.  I keep my personal opinions to myself and it works well for me.  As for friends I do have friends within work and outside of work, all works well for me.

I researched buying a kindle and after talking to others I decided to pay more and buy an ipad.  I have not regretted it for one minute, I absolutely love it.  My trusty old laptop is just about redundant.  I downloaded kindle for ipad, piece of cake!  Buying the ipad and downloading books from amazon (many of them free) has re-lit my enthusiasm for reading.  Its good being able to have two books on the go at one time, yet I just grab my ipad and off I go.  I also like the fact that its much lighter than the laptop, especially good for travel.

I always like to see the best in people, so I work on the "I trust people unless proven otherwise".

I am lucky enough to be working for a great boss, although this has not always been the case.  I am now older and wiser too, so I would probably deal with an untrustworthy boss differently to in the past.

All I know is, trustworthy or not, we spend a lot of time with our bosses - so being miserable is not a good place to be.