stand on your head!

Three really great things about today:

1)The sun was out and gorgeous and I drank a white chocolate mocha. I feel as though both these things are really great things in and of themselves. But there is something about living in a place where it rains all the time to make people appreciate the sun more. So it's not just that it was sunny, I like rainy days too, but it was that the whole world seemed to be outside enjoying life. So many of the people I passed smiled, said hello, commented on the weather with a shared solidarity. We have something in common, they seemed to say, we have something worth enjoying. And no matter how terrible life was, it was like everyone seems to quietly agree that there is one thing- at least just that one thing- to be thankful for, and even better is that there are people to be thankful with. The second- the white chocolate mocha- was a splurge on my part. I have this little cafe that I love because the owner and I get along famously and she gives me discounts.

2)I was helping prepare a seder meal because my church was celebrating passover. In the kitchen there is a sign which reads
"After washing pans, please stand upside down in the sink.
No hot bottoms on the formica counter."


Both. those. sentences. are. hilarious.
Nobody else seemed to appreciate the humour in being instructed to stand upside-down in the sink after washing the pots. I giggled every time I glanced at the sign. I even seriously contemplated if I could stand on my head in the sink long enough for someone to come in and ask what I was doing and I would point at the sign. And then the whole town would be like "Oh, Amelia" but it would be ok because I can bake one mean pie. But I figured since nobody even understood when they walked by me pointing at the sign and laughing, they probably wouldn't find me taking it further funnier. The best part is that we rent the church from the congregation that owns it- a congregation filled with old people. So it is apparently tiny little scottish ladies who ritualistically stand upside-down in the sinks after washing the pots.

I also like the second part, in which only the unsexy little old ladies where allowed to sit on the counter. Maybe they rate bottoms as they come in the door and if you are a 5 or higher you can't sit on the counter, but maybe they give you a nice little pat as you walk by as a consolation prize.

Needless to say I had to stand the whole time.

...because I have a hot bottom

...and they can't go on the counter

yeah, you get it.


3) I picked up a cookie and asked if it was raisin or chocolate chip. A boy replied he didn't know. So I said "I guess it's both until I eat it." and another boy looked up and said (much more loudly and excitedly than I expected) "Its a quantum cookie!"
I really appreciate a good nerd, especially one who not only catches, but gets excited about my references.