(humor) Me. Standing Desk. Laptop. Editing podcast. Silent. Second screen: some

(humor)

Me. Standing Desk. Laptop. Editing podcast. Silent. Second screen: some horror movie.

Little old lady: (walks by) “How can you watch that stuff and still sleep at night?”

Me: “It’s educational. So when the monsters come for you I know how to stop them. I’m always learning something new!”

Her: (eye roll)

Me: (later) tape a note to the front door: “Dear monsters. The door is unlocked. Mom is thick and juicy. But be quiet – the neighbors will hear. – Curt.”

Me: (later) “Mom. It’s OK. I set a trap”

Little old lady: “What are you talking about?”

Me: (laugher)(wondering what I did will bug her all day long.)

(I go back to work. Time passes.)

Little old lady: (Kitchen. Slides my note across the table. Stares at me.)

Me: “You ruined my trap!”

Little old lady: “I was the bait.”

Me: “Yes but I probably would have stopped them before they ate you.” (Deadpan)

Me: needing my inhaler from laughing so hard.