Morning Drive

Three things made this morning's drive to work particularly cheerful:

1. Coffee with peppermint mocha creamer. Yummmmm.

2. I had to wear my sunglasses today. That meant it wasn't raining OR snowing.

3. My super-funny, quirky, beautiful little sister was AWAKE and talkative. Ordinarily, my three riders try to fall asleep as soon as they get in the car, and my attempts to elicit conversation are met with snarls. But today's ride was a happy ramble all the way to school. We ended with this conversation:

M: I'm not really all that excited about candy.

me: No, you're more of a chip fanatic.

M: Yeah, I am a chip fanatic. Oh, and fruit snacks. Fruit snacks are my life.

me: Ha!

M: *Sigh and dramatic pause.* I really want an armadillo. And twin chinchillas.

I walked into school with a huge smile on my face.

(Happy birthday, fifteen-years-old-and-way-taller-than-me baby sister! I'll see what I can do about armadillos and chinchillas...)