No, it was not at 5:11 pm when my boss called me "scumbag."<\/p>\n
It was between 12:30 and 12:40 this afternoon.<\/p>\n
I had just finished my three hours of Alexander Technique. I was parked outside my local acupuncture college for my next treatment.<\/p>\n
I was enjoying a tasty repaste of four Quaker Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip granola bars washed down by eight spoonfulls of peanut butter. (I leave these treats in my car so I can enjoy them during any lull in a commute.)<\/p>\n
I had my sticky hand on my sticky spoon stuck deep in my jar of peanut butter and I was surrounded by granola bar wrappers as I sat in my rusting car when my favorite acupuncture intern walked by.<\/p>\n
I adore this girl. She only served me once, but it was great. She immediately got me. She asked if I ever wrote about the interns.<\/p>\n
Smart girl! Nobody else has asked me that but it is such an obvious question.<\/p>\n
She was on my wavelength and she knew just where to insert the needles and how deep.<\/p>\n
What made our session particularly moving was that she offered me lavender.<\/p>\n
I said, "Yes, even though it might make some people question my orientation."<\/p>\n
Her response? "They’ll do that anyway."<\/p>\n
I love it! Needle me baby!<\/p>\n
Now she’s right outside my window and I feel too sticky and ashamed to say hi, so I just stare straight ahead and ignore her.<\/p>\n
Four more interns I know walk by, including the blonde peppy one. I can’t face them. I cower in my car until they are all gone, and then I slump in to the clinic.<\/p>\n
Oy, the shame! The shame!<\/p>\n
PS. The 2008 movie, The House Bunny<\/a>, about a booby blonde kicked out the Playboy mansion who becomes a house mother to a failing sorority is not as smart as it sounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No, it was not at 5:11 pm when my boss called me "scumbag." It was between 12:30 and 12:40 this afternoon. I had just finished my three hours of Alexander Technique. I was parked outside my local acupuncture college for … Continue reading