1. When you have a real job and you go away for a week, it is very likely that you will come home to a pile of work on your desk and an even larger pile of clothes to take to the dry cleaners.

2. If I have to spend any more time on the phone with the Gateway technical support line, I am going to become violent. (Note: If you are ever in charge of choosing the hold music to play on a phone line, do not choose Coldplay. Coldplay does not sound attractive over a cell phone.)

3. Our kitchen smells like salsa and I have burned my tongue on cinnamon-flavored oatmeal.

4. It’s cold and windy outside.