a heidi moment

I am so tired that I have that thudding behind the eyebrow kind of headache. So I stop, even though I’m barely on time, to get a coffee (tall peppermint soy mocha, no whip, but not decaf today). I get to the office, where a Christmas card and candy cane are waiting on my desk. I take a swig. It is only warmish, and certainly not the best I’ve ever had. I look around, using my McGyver-esque skills to attempt to make it palatable, and realize that some candy cane pieces will do the job nicely. So I break off three chunks, drop them in, and swirl. Noticing that the end of the cane was uneven, I nibble at the end of it. It is WATERMELON flavored. A normal looking, red and white candy cane that tastes like a poor imitation of a watermelon. Yuck. Needless to say, I promptly remove the offending chunks, and chug the rest of it to make it go away. The good news is that it didn’t make my stomach hurt like usual.