My 5-month old son is already into teenage girls and other upsetting news

We went to Starbucks I was waiting for my tall-iced-decaf-nonfat-half-the-chocolate-half-the-ice mocha and it happened It was a huge slap in the face, as if to say, "Wake up woman! Your child, the one sitting in this stroller with the yellow ducky hanging on the side is growing up so fast, too fast!"

I pick up my iced mocha from the throng of crowd at the downtown Bellevue Starbucks There's the token single guy with his philosophical book for the afternoon perched on one of the stools near the window The fireplace is going, even though it's the middle of July The line is so long that it snakes around to the outside area Austin is gnawing on his hand, probably in pain from the teething and he's making grumpy noises At this point after waiting in line so long I'm just hoping he'll be able to hang in there for five minutes while I drink the MUCH needed coffee

Music is blaring, you know the kind that Starbucks plays, usually some old, jazzy classics and today Peggy Lee, kicked it off while we waited in line
You give me fever - FEVER!

I make my way over to the floating counter that holds the sugars and napkins

Fever when you hold me tight Fever In the morning Fever all through the night

Silence, from Austin

I grab a couple of napkins and look down the front of the stroller - why's he so quiet all of a sudden?

you give me fever when you kiss me fever when you hold me tight

I follow his wide-eyed, non-blinking gaze and all of a sudden everything is moving in slow motion

Blonde-hair flicking, tall, lean, tanned, teenage girls wearing hip-hugging jeans and heels are fixing up their coffees at the floating counter Smiling and giggling

FEVER!

I think we both gulped at the same time

I look back down at Austin He gives out a half smile, turning up just one corner of his lip As if to say, "Hey girls, I'm over here"

[Insert the screeching stop of the record playing sound effect HERE]

I actually whisper to him in a not so quiet voice, "You are five months old Please don't do this now with your dad out of town! I can't handle this right now!"

PS The period isn't working on my laptop therefore the story above has the style of Ernest Hemingway Hopefully will be getting a new laptop soon! I never realized how much the period key is used Especially when trying to compose emails or type in a new URL It bites

PPS I can't wait for Scooter to come back