At Least They're Committed

Micheline kept saying that we should sing, but of course we shouldn’t sing because we were at lunch to celebrate Erica’s and Karen’s birthdays and they didn’t want us to sing and, for that matter, I didn’t want to sing.

We did laugh a lot and there was some singing, though. Like when we waited for our food and my phone buzzed and I looked at the direct message I’d just gotten and started to kick my feet and squeal with laughter like a little girl.

“I am too clever!” it said.

I showed it to Tonya and Deanna. “What’s that about?”

Well, says I, “I tweeted an amalgamated something about ‘it’s sad when someone doesn’t want to play with you but if you look closely that person’s probably boring as hell and none too clever’ . . . or some such thing.”

“Oh!!” They laughed. “Funny!” “And this IS waaaay clever!” I giggled and they agreed. And Deanna proceeded to break into song: “You’re so vain, you probably think this tweet is about you!” And we laughed heartily some more.

But then the laughter died down and the food got there and it was only mediocre (I was relieved to give the leftovers to the young homeless guys on the walk back to work) and my mind started doing that stupid thing it does and at last I said, “There’s no wink. Dude can’t put out a regular tweet without smile a wink or an ‘LOL’ or all three and there’s no wink. You don’t think he really  . . . ” and Tonya was waiting for me to say that and jumped in immediately and said. “Drop it!”

“Is he saying he doesn’t want to play anymore?”

“Knock it off,” Deanna says. “It was funny. Let it go.”

“So, you don’t think I should, maybe . . . ”

“NO!” they chided collectively and I said OK and laughed a little more.

One of my greatest fears in transitioning from the Rocky Mountain News to here stemmed from knowing I would have to work in a predominantly female workplace. Being in journalism, especially in sports, I was friends with mostly men and I was good with that. In my career and in life, I’d had bad, bad, bad experiences with women and their trickery. I felt safe among men.

I had nothing to fear here. We totally love and protect each other. We’re Amazon princesses, fighting for each other, avenging wrongs for each other and diligently watching each others’ backs. I have never had so many girl friends and I am truly amazed at how phenomenal they are!