Today was my first day back in the office since taking off for Texas on the 22nd. Naturally, what was the first thing I decided I needed to do when I got to work...when I arrived at 11am (peeps are still out...it's cool...I think)? I needed Chinese food. And I needed it badly. I usually order in at work about once a week. And seeing as I have been gone for nine whole days...make no mistake, I literally woke up in the middle of the night last night thinking of Chinese food and how desperately I needed it in my belly as soon as physically possible.

So, at 11:30am - allowing for 30 minutes for delivery so I could eat at exactly noon - I called my trusty Chinese joint...fittingly called, The New Ho Toy.  Tell me about it, sister. Tell me about it.

My conversation with the woman who answered the phone went as follows:

Lady: New Ho Toy. You calling from [place of employment]?

Me: Yes, I need to place an order for delivery, please.

Lady: Okay...what you want?

Me: Um....hmmm....I forgot what I wanted...um...I thi...

Lady: I know what you want. Lo Mien, egg roll, large order crab rangoon.

Me: Um, yeah. I guess you're right.

Lady: The usual. Hahahahaha!!!

Me: ha (mortified that this woman now knows not only my voice, but my order, by heart) ha ha.

Lady: How was holiday?

Me: Fine?

Lady: You back in office, no?

Me: Yes?

Lady: Okay! We see you soon, funny lady!

Me: Huh? Um, okay....


So, this is awesome. I feel good about myself. A perfect stranger is now my new intimate BFF.

And she's making fun of me.

And of course, that won't stop me from ordering again next week.

God, I'm a loser.

Happy New Year, everyone. Here's hoping that this time next year I'm not chumming it up with some lady on the phone as we discuss crab rangoon. The problem is...I bet I will be.

And just because, here is a picture of GM when he was a baby. The shaggy, smelly, fatty love of my life. Sigh....

Peace.