a few years after i started working where i work now...the owners wife got pregnant and had a son...she worked in the business so ...when she had the baby she brought him in every day...
as he grew...he became a part of the office...
once he began to walk...he'd come in to my office regularly...i even kept toys on my office floor for when he visited...
we all ate lunch together...
so someone would go get lunch...
and as with a lot of children...
a happy meal was on the menu some days...
and...
some days...
i would take christian to mcdonalds to get his happy meal...
leslie..christians mother...
drank diet coke...
so christian would sometimes get diet coke too...
as christian began to talk...
he'd say words...he learned around the office...
he'd come into my office to share those words..
he'd say words he learned...
and eventually when asked what he liked to drink...
he'd say...
diet coke...
so....
in my infinite wisdom...
and of course without the knowledge of his mother...
i started to teach christian phrases...
and...well..
one of the first i taught him was...
"diet coke is for girls..."
you can imagine how proud of him i was...
when one day leslie took him to mcdonalds for lunch...she asked him what he wanted to drink...
and he said..."diet coke is for girls"...
leslie wasn't very happy with me....
but ...
as usual...she also wasn't surprised....
anyway...
fast forward to this week..
when my doctor called to say my blood sugar was getting to be too high..
and if i was intersted in avoiding diabetes..
is should look to different and less sources of sugar in my diet...
which of course means...
if i want to drink coke...
i should probably drink...
diet coke...
this evenings music...
the killers....human....
"pay my respects to grace and virtue,
send my condolences to good,
give my regards to soul and romance,
they always did the best they could...
and so long to devotion...
you taught me everything I know...
wave goodbye....
wish me well..
you've got to let me go..."
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