Funny Exchanges

Myra, leaving the apartment: "It's cold!"

Me: "Oh, yeah! Fall came. I forgot to tell you."

And I was in earnest.

Also, last night in bed, she elbowed me in the nose. I woke up saying, "Ow!" and she said sleepily, "Oh, honey." I said, "It's OK, don't worry," and toddled off to the kitchen, where I applied frozen broccoli (the first thing that came to hand - I was still basically asleep) to my sore nose. I have decided that this means that I am a very nice person.

A few days ago, when I went to pick her up at work, I ended up walking in at the same time as one of the parents. I'd seen him a few times before, so I said, "Hi! Coming to pick up B, I see."

"That's right!"

"I'm picking mine up, too. Only, she's taller, and she has dredlocks."

"And she's a better cook."

"Yeah, that's probably true."

He proceeded down the hall to get his 4-year-old daughter; I waited in the lobby with my book. On his way back, he said, "I told Myra her better half was here. I think she kind of resented my presuming that you were the better half."

I patted him on the back and said, "I knew there was a reason I liked you."