Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Learning the Lingo

Back at work today. Not very thrilled about it. Very very tired of being sick. I'm not used to it. Before I changed jobs I hadn't been sick more than once a year in ages. This is my fourth round since April. Ridiculous.

That aside, we accidentally had the chance to see my BFF Sharonda and her hubby last night. I make the point that it was an accident because I haven't actually seen her since July. We make plans, they just don't ever seem to work out! Last night they ended up having dinner in Clinton so we crashed their party for dessert. Anyway, she has a motivational speaking/consulting business and does a lot of work with teen groups. She was telling us about a group of young girls she was working with a few weeks ago as part of a teen pregnancy intervention program. Apparently the new phrase pre-teen girls are using when discussing teen pregnancy is "catching 'da bump." As in they kept telling Sharonda, "Anybody can catch 'da bump!" Hmm. Jen's caught 'da bump. Black Betty, too.

6 comments:

clstigger said...

Great..that's a nice phrase. Today I would give the bump back. Not feeling well.

Sandi said...

You're still sick? Sorry to hear that, hon. Hope it clears up soon. :)

black betty said...

so that's what it's called, huh??? catchin' da bump...very catchy...LOL!!!!

hope you feel better SOON!!!

mayberry said...

Good Lord. Anybody that's ever been pregnant, especially toward the end, knows it feels like more than a "bump" after a while. More like a Buick.

From the Doghouse said...

Alice caught da bump ...

Susan said...

Sorry you're still having bouts of feeling crappy, Jen. Hope today's going better.

And the saddest part was that these were 11 and 12 year old girls who are talking about it like it's passed on by drinking somebody else's soda!