Hot Mom alerts us she is at Threat Level Orange.
I overheard her discussing this with Friend #3. "Ah," Friend #3 said understandingly as I trailed behind them to the little junk food store in our plaza, "It's an orange week." Hot Mom nodded sadly.
"What's an orange week?" I demanded.
"It's the PMS week before Hot Mom's period. She only eats orange food and drinks orange drinks."
"Like what?" I asked. They listed: "Cheetos," "Goldfish," "'Cheez' flavored anything," "any cheese popcorn but Oke-Doke," "Cheetos" (again), actual cheese (with an 's'), and orange Gatorade.
I don't know what she eats when it escalates to Threat Level Red.
An orange frappacino at Starbucks would have been lovely today had it not been for NFS. Then again, my PMS weeks aren't colored so much as a Dick-Cheney-with-a-rifle-in-a-quail-covey-and-friends-in-the-crossfire kind of thing.
Posted by: Friend #3 | July 16, 2007 at 08:55 PM
NFS? (Running through all the work projects, friend code names...) huh?
Posted by: TheQueen | July 16, 2007 at 09:02 PM
Wait wait...I got it. Nutra...System.
Posted by: TheQueen | July 16, 2007 at 09:06 PM
Yeppers.
Posted by: Friend #3 | July 16, 2007 at 09:11 PM
Jesus is right, Marcia, you ARE smart.
Posted by: TheQueen | July 16, 2007 at 10:37 PM
I'm smart? Jesus says I'm smart?? That's just so cool!
Posted by: Friend #3 | July 16, 2007 at 10:55 PM
My wife is all about chocolate that week.
Posted by: ajooja | July 17, 2007 at 12:45 PM
I really don't know what to say. It's not like one can plan these types of things. You just recognize the regularity of jonesing for Cheetos and orange popsicles and learn to live with it.
I'm glad to have some mention besides my obvious hotness, my heathens and the whole sexual harassment fiasco.
I will apologize for the state of my blog, though.
Posted by: Hot Mom | July 17, 2007 at 01:48 PM
This comment has nothing to do with this particular entry. I just ran across a link that I thought might interest you:
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck/2007/07/some_offal_good_pigs_head.php
Ugh.
Posted by: KC | July 17, 2007 at 04:28 PM
Ajooja - I'm all baout the chocloate / salt combo. Choclate ice cream with saltines or pretzels on top.
Hot Mom - Well, I could mention that you are in charge of the Super Secret Project.
KC - Okay, that's just gross. Pickled pig head is not the same as crispy well-done BBQed pig snout.Ewww, or Ugh as you say.
Posted by: TheQueen | July 17, 2007 at 09:29 PM
Gross? Miss-I-Want-a-Suckling-Pig-For-My-Annual-Tea-Party?
Posted by: Friend #3 | July 17, 2007 at 09:56 PM
Friend #3 - oh, you went there? Do you WANT to see a suckling pig? I'll do it.
Posted by: TheQueen | July 18, 2007 at 10:47 PM
Please, no suckling pig. I've made four in a row and I'd hate to break my streak to avoid that.
Posted by: Caroline | July 19, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Caroline, I LOVE YOU! Thanks to your recommendation, I am off to get all SNOOTED UP Saturday! Get MAH SNOOT ON!
Posted by: TheQueen | July 19, 2007 at 07:03 PM
Oops! I see you gave credit elsewhere. Happy snooting!
Posted by: Caroline | July 20, 2007 at 09:49 AM