This Week

Monday

Lele: Oh, nooooo! We can't go to Ahwee Toweeee Squeee Neeee Heeeee.

Me: If you could maybe translate that from Dolphin to English, maybe I could understand you a little better.

Tuesday

Lovey: I worked at Cape Canaveral today.

Me: Did you get to touch the shuttle?

Lovey: That's Cape Kennedy, Sweetie. I was at Cape Canaveral. It's Air Force.

Me: Oh! Like in "I Dream of Jeannie!" Where Major Nelson and Major Healey were stationed. They were astronauts, you know.

Lovey: ....That's right.

Me: Isn't it funny how I just reduced your entire workweek to a 60s sitcom?

Lovey: Maybe I should go down to the beach and see if I can find a genie bottle.

Me: Just make sure she likes to mop.

Wednesday, Part 1

I've had this naggy cough for going on 3 weeks. A box of Mucinex later, it's still hanging around. One of my girls says, "You should try Buckley's". I'd never heard of it, but she had suggested it to another friend of mine and it had completely knocked out her cold.

At lunch today, I bought a bottle. I opened the box on the way back to work and took a big swallow of it. Hmmm, that wasn't so bad.

Until I took a breath.

And then a huge wave of what felt like Liquid Vicks Vap-o-Rub hit my chest. I remembered then that two of the ingredients were menthol and camphor. Luckily, I stopped myself short of throwing up in my car.

Wednesday, Part 2

While going through client files, I realized one of them works for a local, prestigious catering company. A few weeks ago, when we attended a memorial service, this same fabulous caterer had catered the life celebration after the memorial.

Oh, my gosh! It was the best Frogmore Stew I have ever tasted. I so wanted to go back for seconds - even thirds. And the cobbler (of which there were three!), was remarkable. I had the peach (with cinnamon whipped cream - heaven), and Lovey naturally had the blackberry.

I told my ladies to let me know when he came into the office again. Coincidentally, he was in the outer office right then. I hopped up and gushed about how incredible the food that they had prepared was. I tried to lay down enough hints that maybe some leftovers could make their way into my tummy sometime. I'm afraid though that maybe he just thinks I'm some crazy food stalker now.