Humbug
We are horrendously busy at work (and some of you may recall I work in child welfare), and it sounds like it's only going to get wilder. On the one hand: yay, job security. On the other hand -- well.
Really, I think I could just use a hug right about now (and I'm giggling because my fingers tried to say I need a hog; lord knows, there are enough hogs in my life, thanks very much). I could also use a little Christmas spirit. When I went to lunch today, the waitress (who appeared to be young enough to be one of my case reports) kept calling me "dear". I realize there are many less flattering things she could have called me, but still, "dear" didn't endear her to me.
On the upside, I went to a store this afternoon that sells high-end tools and hobby equipment, and fell head-over-heels in love with a salesman named Joseph. It was his Maine accent that did me in; that, and his dry sense of humour. I expect to go back next week to find him running the place; he charmed me into buying quite a bit more than I'd intended to.
I appear to be a sucker for guys who make me laugh. That's how my husband beguiled me, forty-one years ago. Amazingly, he's still making me laugh -- and with some of the same jokes, too! That's talent for you.
Really, I think I could just use a hug right about now (and I'm giggling because my fingers tried to say I need a hog; lord knows, there are enough hogs in my life, thanks very much). I could also use a little Christmas spirit. When I went to lunch today, the waitress (who appeared to be young enough to be one of my case reports) kept calling me "dear". I realize there are many less flattering things she could have called me, but still, "dear" didn't endear her to me.
On the upside, I went to a store this afternoon that sells high-end tools and hobby equipment, and fell head-over-heels in love with a salesman named Joseph. It was his Maine accent that did me in; that, and his dry sense of humour. I expect to go back next week to find him running the place; he charmed me into buying quite a bit more than I'd intended to.
I appear to be a sucker for guys who make me laugh. That's how my husband beguiled me, forty-one years ago. Amazingly, he's still making me laugh -- and with some of the same jokes, too! That's talent for you.