Golly

When I hear the word "golly" - I think Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. Today, it became the word of the day.

I was sitting in my cubicle at work and my p.i.t.a. co-worker was in the cubicle next to me checking out a patient, making a follow up appointment for them. When the p.i.t.a. asked a question, the lady responded with "golly, I think that will work." After they leave, I lean back and ask if that lady really said "golly" and my co-worker said yes and we started laughing. Who says golly these days? This lady did not look like a golly offender and so it made it all the more funny. Needless to say, golly was all we were saying the rest of the afternoon. Well, my co-worker dared me to use the word when I got home and see if Evan noticed at all.

First stop was to my sister's to pick up Liliana. I was there about 5 or 10 minutes and then got up to leave. My sister got up also, bent down to pick something up and when she tried to straighten up, she said "oh, golly my..." I do not even know what the rest of the sentence was because I just starting laughing out loud. And no, I am not joking. This really happened. I told her the story and even my sister said/asked in disbelief..."did I really say that?" I promptly called my co-worker to tell her how funny and ironic this is.

So this evening Evan and I were watching TV and he said something and I just said "golly" and continued watching TV. It was not long, a second or two before I could see this look on his face and I could not hold back. I just started cracking up and he was like...really, golly? I explained the story to him and it was just all around laughs!

What is not a laughing matter is that my desk area needs to be cleaned/organized so bad. I cannot believe I am actually tolerating sitting here in this muck for such a long time. I also need to respond to some e mails and write some letters and such - but I am just going to bed. Tomorrow is another day and maybe, just maybe...I will do something on this list. Probably not, but we shall see!

Golly, it is time for me to sleep - so until next time...