Random Esquire

It was beautiful in Chicago today. And to top it off, Boss and Little Filthy met me as I walked home from the train. We decided that eating out and outside was in our future and headed to a great place called El Barco. Unfortunately, the outside seating wasn’t in full swing so we opted for the bright inside. They serve some great seafood and the specialty, red snapper, is served ’standing up’ (picture in the link) and makes for a great presentation. We split a pitcher of margaritas, had a plate of peel-and-eat shrimp, ate off two huge platters of food and then made our way home.

Boss, who is about 5′8″ and has skinny legs up to her neck, declared that she had room for ice cream. I couldn’t believe it. I can’t imagine how many calories she must burn looking after all those kindergarteners. She’s in bed now, recovering so she can do it all over again tomorrow. It takes a lot of Mexican food and ice cream to keep a kindergarten teacher in tip-top operating condition. Today, a little kid told another teacher: “You’re a bitch.” The teacher promptly took said kid by the hand to take to The Office. The Office is like kindergarten jail/hell. The kid said, “I didn’t way what you think..I said you were stupid.” This weak attempt at evading The Office was met with an outcry from another student: “Uh-uh! He called you a bitch.” See, nothing this interesting happens in my office. Unless, of course, you count the time that Fresh Express washed her socks in the coffee pot. That was pretty good.

Anyway.

It was day two of the teeth brushing with Little Filthy. He was much better this time and sat relatively still while I pushed around in his mouth, pulling his lips apart with my fingers. He looked at Boss while I did this and his expression seemed to say, “Do you see what’s going on here? Do you?”

I made it up to him by sitting outside with him in my lap, petting him while the breeze made us both close our eyes and inhale. Today I am grateful for Boss and Little Filthy.