March 29, 2002
Tonight in the video store my husband and I were debating over which movie to rent.
“Why don’t we get that movie that our friends recommended to us called Office Space,” I said.
“I don’t think you’d like it.” he replied.
“Why not?”
“Well, you wouldn’t understand it, you wouldn’t get the jokes. It has to do with office stuff.”
I just looked at him for a moment and then said with a grin, “I used to work in an office you know.”
He just looked at me for a moment, slightly dumbfounded and said, “I totally forgot. I don’t even think of you as an Office Girl at all. To me, you’re just the writer and you always have been. I forget that you were once in the 9-5 grind.”
“Thank you,” I said as I hugged him.
“For what?” he asked.
“For giving me the nicest compliment I’ve heard in a long time.”