thank you taco

at some point in my past, the term "thank you taco" was said or heard or read... for the last several months (if not longer), i've tried to remember where i heard or read the phrase, who might have been in a conversation involving a "thank you taco" with me... and i cannot figure out what it has to do with anything... today, i thought about it again... i don't know if it was brought up in conversation with friends or on a tv show (it almost sounds gilmore-ish), but with all my searching on imdb and google searches, i find nothing...

in my head, it's a thing... like a++ pie - which is clearly a pie you make for someone when they do really well on a test... we made it for bethany when she passed her boards... a peach pie with an A and a + and a + rolled from dough and baked on the top...

that makes sense... but a thank you taco? not a clue.

i've even started thinking that i might say it... to throw it into conversation... but i'm not sure of the correct usage AND i have a terrible fear that i will say it incorrectly in front of someone who knows what a thank you taco is...

and now i'm just afraid it was all a dream... is there really such a thing as "thank you taco"?

"thank you taco" is the very first thing i would look up if i had a google search application for my brain... can someone please invent that? "google memory" or something like that. come on... i just need to find someone who is good at science and stuff. (you're welcome, amy... and maybe potential others for that last phrase)

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at two different points during the day today at work, people introduced themselves to me... i have worked here for a year... i have been in a meeting with one of the men and was at a wedding shower with the other... and i pass them in the hallways a good bit... i know that there are hundreds of people who work here, but it seems strange that it happened twice today.

i'm guessing that the absence of glasses and the presence of pigtails leave me absolutely unrecognizable...

it's strange.

and yes, i did say pigtails... at work... my day job...

they're not obnoxious pigtails...

i probably should try to grow up before i turn 30... but to me, that almost means i should embrace my inner-child for the next 8 months or so...

i guess if i need to hide, i should opt for the subtle pigtails... and leave the glasses at home... maybe sport my obnoxiously large white sunglasses, too, while i'm at it.

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i've had a great thursday...
espresso shot count (since sunday): 25

maybe that explains it...

but i have a feeling it's something else (which will stay a secret)...

until then, bring on the morning espresso (i love a quini venti americano!).