Things Lorna learned today

• You can't have 3 cups of coffee before 9 o'clock, just because you got up at 4:30
• The man next door to me is not capable of smiling; I know this because he didn't smile when I tried to open his door with my key and mistakenly said "sorry sweetheart"
• I would look smashing in my newish blue linen jacket if it didn't match the bruises under my eyes
• You can't zip through downtown in your car if every city in Canada has sent teen-aged representatives on skateboards to the Tulip Festival
• For some reason you can't buy tulips in Ottawa Loblaws stores during the Tulip Festival
• There is however, access to all kinds of chocolatey things there
• My doctor's earrings are so distracting that I almost missed his telling me I've improved since last week
• When you've had steamed chicken sandwiches for dinner for 3 days in a row, it's still possible to crave another if you've  got one more  avocado
• You can't work silently at a keyboard if you're wearing 18 silver bracelets; some of us can't do anything unless we are
• It's impossible to put together a Power Point presentation if you've only got Open Office; it shouldn't take 53 minutes to figure this out
• Intense creativity is not available to people fogged by a fluish cold