Just Kidding...Really...Just Kidding

July 29, 2008

On their way to beach today, Melissa and Katie stopped by my office. While Melissa was outside preparing for the trip, Katie came up to my office to visit my teammates. I like to bring her up here periodically so she can associate my daily trips to work with an actual location.

As soon as she enters the room, it's like she's "on." She becomes so amazingly charming and has everyone wanting to talk to her. So she made her way around the room, talking to each of my teammates, and then she got to Dawn. Dawn said "So you're going to the beach today?" And Katie responded that she was and that Dawn should go, too.

Dawn responded with "I have to work today, so I can't go. That stinks!"

Katie: "Yeah! It's a stinkin' skunk day!"

Everyone laughed.

Katie: "Nah, I was just teasing. It's not really a stinking skunk day."

Again, laughter.

Katie then seemed concerned that she might have made too much of the "stinking" comment and again said "I was just teasing. It's not really a stinking day."

More giggles, just because she was so cute during all this.

Katie again (more seriously): "I was just teasing about the stinking day."

There was something charming about her concern that nobody continue on believing in the possibility that it was REALLY a Stinking Skunk Day.

Then, in keeping with her tradition, she picked out peppermints from the foam candy bowl next to my desk, and passed them out to everyone.