phone tapped....

me: i need a pep talk. i have to pack and really don't feel like it.

b: k, do you have something really want to do tonight?

me: yes, i want to go to the 50s party. we dress up and eat shamburgers.

b: ok. becky, you cannot go to the party unless you pack absolutely everything. you're leaving early tomorrow on an airplane. you need things packed tonight. do it!

me: not inspired. i feel like maybe i should just skip the party and watch a movie instead now.

b: how badly do you want to watch the movie?

me: about as much as i want to go to the party.

b: go pack!!

me: yeah....still not inspired.

b: ok, i suck at motivational speeches.

me: it's ok, you're a guy. i'll help you out. you're supposed to say, "becky, you're an amazingly wonderful woman and all you need to do is pack a couple pieces of stupid clothes into a little suitcase and you're done. that's it. you can do it!"

b: [silence]...becky, you're an amazingly wonderful person....

hmmm....somehow it's never as motivational when i script my own pep talk....