Exotic yet ordinary

Today is deadline, and deadline days are usually little more than a blur, so the day just sort of registers in bits and pieces as it progresses around you.

This afternoon, I was sitting at my desk, brow furrowed, frantically working on the stack of cases that I had apparently been saving just for deadline (because everyone knows I thrive on stress), when from the other side of my cubicle I hear the new girl say: Yeah, I don't know that I'd want that in my mouth.

*sigh* I miss out on all the good conversations.