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10.21.2011

Life Is Hard Before Noon



10:45 a.m. — Greenlife Grocery, Asheville


I hand FRIENDLY CASHIER a bottle of juice and a small brown bag.


FC:
Good morning! What's in your bakery bag today?

ME: Ohmygod. What DID I put in the bag?

FC: *smiles*

ME: ?!?!?!?!?!

FC: *waits*

ME: *peeks inside bag* What's that called? What's that even called?!?

FC: *waits*

ME: ?!?!?!?!?!

FC: *smiles*

ME: BISCUIT! I HAVE A CHEESE BISCUIT!!!


Mornings are too hard, you guys. I'm going back to bed.

13 comments:

Lilie said...

Yup, that is the perfect illustration for Morning Me. Except instead of pineapple, I have hamsters. They refuse to start spinning the wheels in my brain until at least 11.
It's especially bad when my bf tries to speak French to me before I've had my coffee. This morning, for example:

Him: OOO-EEE lil' feetsies?
Me: WHAT? *stares at his feet*
Him: OOO. EEE. lil' feetsies?
Me: WHAT?! *feels brain hamsters panicking*
Him: Where. Are. The filters. For the coffee. Ou est les filtres.
Me: *points to filters* *goes back to bed*

beth said...

You know better than to be awake and talking to other humans before noon!

NeuroHormone said...

dur dur

midnightblooms said...

I try to explain to my husband that while I can get out of bed before 9AM, I can't be coherent before then without coffee.

The hard part is trying to buy my coffee without having had any yet...

Claire Hennessy said...

Awww. I hear ya. :)

Myrna Foster said...

Yes.

Anonymous said...

Can tell from the last 2 days you don't have kids.

Jade said...

What's a cheese biscuit?

Jenny said...

Haha:p awesome end of the week story. Don't worry Steph, for those of us not (yet!) full time authors, we have to spend our mornings on math problems:( Please give us more updates of isla!

Lauren said...

You are my spirit animal.

Lale said...

I just read this entire thing out to my roommates. They were highly amused. :)

Renee328 said...

How did I miss this post? :) So funny!

Molly said...

I love Greenlife. I miss Greenlife. I'm with you on the morning issues... Definitely not my favorite part of the day!

 


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