Just Your Typical Wednesday Morning

Sometimes I have to agree with a comment my father once made about me: “How can such a smart girl be so stupid at times?” (Note: this was after I decided that wax paper would be a good substitute for parchment paper and smoked up our entire kitchen when I put it in the oven.)

Well, this morning I got to work and went about my usual routine of pouring a cup of coffee and making a bowl of instant oatmeal. While waiting for the oatmeal, I opened the refrigerator and pulled out a quart of half-and-half to add to my coffee. For some reason, I decided to shake it.

Note to self: Make sure top is screwed on before shaking half-and-half bottle.

As you may have guessed by now, half-and-half spilled all over me and all over the floor.

While I was cleaning that mess up, I started to notice a terrible burning smell coming from the microwave. I ran over to it, opened it, and proceeded to let a HUGE cloud of smoke out into the room.

Second note to self: Make sure you add water to instant oatmeal before heating it in the microwave.

Now I had half-and-half all over the place and I was frantically waving my arms trying to dissipate the white haze that had engulfed the office kitchen.

At this point, the stench had wafted into my coworkers’ offices, and a bunch of them came down to the kitchen to see what was going on. My boss was one of them, and I’m sure she’s probably wondering why on earth she hired me. Luckily, everyone here has a sense of humor, so I just ended up getting a bunch of laughs.

But one thing I didn’t get was breakfast. So now I’m starving.