The exercise:
Write about: the pinata.
Kat and I met for the first time 12 years ago today. Apparently.
Because I totally forgot about it until she reminded me at lunch today. Oops.
Work was generally uneventful again today. I think temperatures peaked in the high twenties today, which was a nice followup to yesterday's high thirties. More of the same tomorrow it looks like.
Mine:
"I don't know about this."
"What's your problem now?"
"The pinata."
"Oh come on. I filled it up with healthy snacks, not just cheap candy and dollar store toys."
"It's not that."
"What then? Are you worried one of the kids will take somebody's eye out? I can find a stick that isn't quite so sharp."
"It's not that either."
"Right, spit it out then. I haven't got all day, you know. The party is starting in less than an hour."
"I just don't think the kids should be trying to crack open a stuffed figure of your ex-wife..."