Random Esquire

1.  I almost killed myself with sugar snap peas tonight.  I made some for dinner, bit off the ends and tried to suck the peas out.  You know what?  Don’t try this.  You’ll choke on a flying pea.

2.  My phone rang this evening and I saw that it was my sister calling.  I said, “Hello, [sister!].”  She said, “Hello…” and I could tell instantly that she sounded funny.  She said, “Is this Dr. Jones office?”  I didn’t know what to say.  I mean, not unless she and her doctor are closer than I would have guessed.  Then she said, “Hi, I’m calling you because we were just in there and you gave little [her daughter/my niece] some great mittens from the thumb fairy.”

Oh.

Ohhhh.

I said, “Yes, this is Dr. Jones.”

I got on the phone with my niece and said, “It was so nice to see you today.  I hope you use those mittens from the thumb fairy so you do not suck your thumb.  Are you going to wear your special mittens?”

My little niece says in a tiny cartoon voice, “  no.  ”

I heard my sister say, “yyeeessss.”

Little niece says,   ”    yes.    ”

heh.
3.  I’m an organizational nut.  I use a Circa planner for work notes and google’s calendar app, which syncs with my Outlook for work.  And still, I’m not sure if I love it.  Dammit.  How the hell are the rest of you staying organized? Hipster PDAs?  Smart Phone?  Scraps of paper?