babble

um I do...

Cami Kaos

26 Oct 2009

I'm standing over the sink in my too tiny kitchen drinking out of the 1 teaspoon sized measuring spoon that is still attached to its nesting mates when Mike walks in. He looks at me and stifles a giggle then looks at the counter. He's just cleaned the kitchen so part of me is aware that he's surveying any damage I may be doing. Then he sees the plate with the contents of my bedtime snack on it and laughs.

Mike: Oh come on... who takes Codeine cough syrup with lemon meringue pie?

Me: um.... I do. Obviously.

Mike: Well then, Codeine and Lemon Meringue FTW!

(I'll be back soon when I'm not unconscious, coughing or drugged to keep the coughing at bay)

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