Afternoon Randomness

I was looking all professional, typing furiously away on the keyboard like I was some certified typist with several National Typing Academy degrees under my belt. 

Click-clack-clack.. click-clack.

In truth, I was typing as fast as I could and making a string of spelling errors, and then having to furiously depress the backspace bar to re-type the words again. So there I was, in a constant state of typing and deleting and typing again. 

The arctic temperature in the lands of the Eighth frozen tundra didn’t make it any easier. My fingers all stiff and numb and frozen, were akin to icicles extending from my palms. It was a great opportunity to blame my lousy typing skills on the office ac. 

Just then, my phone rang and I dove to pick it up before it’s fifth ring. 

Oh hang on - That was my own handphone, and not the office line. 

I answered the call and a little voice on the other end greeted me. 

“Hello Mom! It’s me! Wanna hear a joke?”

Puzzled stunned for a moment, I answered her. 

“Oh hi sweetie. Sure!” (I guess..)

“Okay. Why was the pelican chased out from the restaurant?” 

Without pausing for my reply, she carried on, 

“BECAUSE it had A HUGE BILL! Geddit??”

And then she went laughing hysterically all by herself on the other side of the phone. 

Well. So much for 冷笑话 and afternoon randomness. 

Frozen tundra and all, her random call this afternoon brought a much needed ray of sunshine and warmth to my soul. ❤