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tarotgalTonight at my meetup (which was PAINFUL to head off to; all I want to do is write):
Friend (woman) on my right: *sneeze*
Friend (woman) on my left: Bless you!
On my right: *sneeze*
On my left: Bless you again!
On my right: *pause* *sneeze*
On my left: Bless you! Wow, you got all three!
On my right: I almost always sneeze in threes.
Today at work, all three people (all women) in the conference room were sick with colds, though two worse off than the others. So there was a lot of talk amongst them about best cough drops and types of tissues and lotions for noses. And there was a lot of sneezing though, honestly, not enough to be distracting. I think it probably just feels like a lot more when it's you doing it. This happened:
Coworker 3: Goodnight! See you tomorrow! *heads out*
A minute later
Coworker 3: *returns*
Me: It's not tomorrow already.
Coworker 3: *laughs* I forgot something really important. *heads into conference room and returns with giant box of tissues in hand* Goodnight!
And then this discussion happened at the end of the day:
Coworker 1 (to me and Coworker 2): Did you guys enjoy the constant chorus of sneezing happening all day today?
Me: *says nothing; unable to think of what a normal person's answer would be to that question*
Coworker 2: Was there sneezing? Honestly, I didn't even notice!
Coworker 1: Are you kidding? All we did was sneeze all day.
Coworker 2: Who?
Coworker 1: Me mostly, but also Coworker 3 and also Coworker 4 a little. I can't believe you didn't hear! These walls are so thin I can hear everything that goes on over here.
Me: I heard, but it really wasn't distracting. Sorry you're sick.
Coworker 1: We don't have fevers or anything, it's mostly just sneezing. I felt like I was sneezing all day. The biggest sneezes I've ever sneezed. I mean, I had tears in my eyes some of them were so strong. I'd just get this feeling and my face would twitch *DEMONSTRATES FACIAL EXPRESSION* and I'd be like "uhhh... oh God... oh God... gonna sneeze..." and then it would just be like that forever and I'd be waiting until finally the biggest sneeze, really, the biggest ones I've ever sneezed.
Me: *HOW DOES A NORMAL PERSON REACT TO THIS LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION???* Awwww, I'm sorry. Poor Coworker 1!
Coworker 1: I know you're sensitive to strong smells. I'm going to spray this whole can of Lysol over the entire conference room and wipe everything down. Just a heads-up.
Me: Thank you!
So, yeah, I'm not usually into women's sneezes but that much talking about sneezing? Yeah. Not fair ;-) What boring lives normal people must lead for that not to be even the least bit exciting.
On only slightly related news, I am in a steady puppy love relationship with my new novel. I'm infatuated with it and think about it all the time. All I want to do is spend time with it and nurture it. I'm entirely obsessed. I'm also contemplating taking a couple days off work this week to write. I'm obsessed. And addicted. And I've been walking around with this STUPID grin all day thinking about the novel--and not even the graphic parts of it, just it in general. At the meetup tonight, I finally took my mind off it (talking Remus/Sirius and Draco/Snape/Harry will do that to me) but then we started planning our upcoming Death Eater High Tea event and someone mentioned bringing Napoleons and I was like "Wait, did you say Napoleons?" and she was like "Yes!" and I went all warm and giddy inside because my main character is a baker and her safeword is Napoleon. So I went right back into that headspace again.
Friend (woman) on my right: *sneeze*
Friend (woman) on my left: Bless you!
On my right: *sneeze*
On my left: Bless you again!
On my right: *pause* *sneeze*
On my left: Bless you! Wow, you got all three!
On my right: I almost always sneeze in threes.
Today at work, all three people (all women) in the conference room were sick with colds, though two worse off than the others. So there was a lot of talk amongst them about best cough drops and types of tissues and lotions for noses. And there was a lot of sneezing though, honestly, not enough to be distracting. I think it probably just feels like a lot more when it's you doing it. This happened:
Coworker 3: Goodnight! See you tomorrow! *heads out*
A minute later
Coworker 3: *returns*
Me: It's not tomorrow already.
Coworker 3: *laughs* I forgot something really important. *heads into conference room and returns with giant box of tissues in hand* Goodnight!
And then this discussion happened at the end of the day:
Coworker 1 (to me and Coworker 2): Did you guys enjoy the constant chorus of sneezing happening all day today?
Me: *says nothing; unable to think of what a normal person's answer would be to that question*
Coworker 2: Was there sneezing? Honestly, I didn't even notice!
Coworker 1: Are you kidding? All we did was sneeze all day.
Coworker 2: Who?
Coworker 1: Me mostly, but also Coworker 3 and also Coworker 4 a little. I can't believe you didn't hear! These walls are so thin I can hear everything that goes on over here.
Me: I heard, but it really wasn't distracting. Sorry you're sick.
Coworker 1: We don't have fevers or anything, it's mostly just sneezing. I felt like I was sneezing all day. The biggest sneezes I've ever sneezed. I mean, I had tears in my eyes some of them were so strong. I'd just get this feeling and my face would twitch *DEMONSTRATES FACIAL EXPRESSION* and I'd be like "uhhh... oh God... oh God... gonna sneeze..." and then it would just be like that forever and I'd be waiting until finally the biggest sneeze, really, the biggest ones I've ever sneezed.
Me: *HOW DOES A NORMAL PERSON REACT TO THIS LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION???* Awwww, I'm sorry. Poor Coworker 1!
Coworker 1: I know you're sensitive to strong smells. I'm going to spray this whole can of Lysol over the entire conference room and wipe everything down. Just a heads-up.
Me: Thank you!
So, yeah, I'm not usually into women's sneezes but that much talking about sneezing? Yeah. Not fair ;-) What boring lives normal people must lead for that not to be even the least bit exciting.
On only slightly related news, I am in a steady puppy love relationship with my new novel. I'm infatuated with it and think about it all the time. All I want to do is spend time with it and nurture it. I'm entirely obsessed. I'm also contemplating taking a couple days off work this week to write. I'm obsessed. And addicted. And I've been walking around with this STUPID grin all day thinking about the novel--and not even the graphic parts of it, just it in general. At the meetup tonight, I finally took my mind off it (talking Remus/Sirius and Draco/Snape/Harry will do that to me) but then we started planning our upcoming Death Eater High Tea event and someone mentioned bringing Napoleons and I was like "Wait, did you say Napoleons?" and she was like "Yes!" and I went all warm and giddy inside because my main character is a baker and her safeword is Napoleon. So I went right back into that headspace again.
