BELLE and I, out walking, meet my COMMITTEE MEMBER (male) pushing a stroller full of BABY, his SPOUSE (female), and a GRAD STUDENT (male) from my lab.
Belle and me: Cute! baby!!!!
GS and CM: [Something about doing a postdoc.]
Me to Spouse: What's the baby's name?
Spouse: L.
Me: Look at those cheeks!!
GS and CM: [Something about grant writing.]
Belle: How old is he?
Spouse: Four months today.
Me: [Playing with chubby little hands.]
GS and CM: [Something about research.]
Belle: He's adorable.
Me: He's adorable.
Spouse: Thank you.
Exeunt.
P.S. Many thanks to Aurelia and Julia. Clearly, my vitamins are eeeeevile. I feel rather better without them (but with folic acid, of course!).
