last night i had grown-ups over to my house for a meeting a stuffed them full of raw veggies, horrible store-bought spinach dip, pita "scoopers," hummus and baba ganoush. one of the women at the meeting was sick. she sat next to me and kept leaning in close to whisper things into my ear and breathe her nasty sick germs all over me. i hate that part of winter. i hate that everyone gets sick and they're all too tough and stubborn to stay home and keep themselves away from the healthy people.