1.  It’s almost Friiiiiiiiday.

2.  Can I get a whoop whoop??

3.  We have a bit of an outing planned that I’m sure I’ll write about next week.

4.  Probably. Maybe. My intentions are good.

5.  You ever walk in the room and your spouse is watching that tv show he likes to watch when you’re not around except now you’re around and GROSS GROSS GROSS.

6.  Some violent shootout followed by a well, he deserved that feels like a classic example of divergent interests.

7.  It’s the whole yin and yang of marriage at work, y’all.

8.  I have a strong sense if BrightSide had a platform like this he might have a thing or two to say about my interest in medical melodramas.

9.  Just a hunch.

10.  Apropos of nothing, I feel like we need to design some Generation X specific emojis.

11.  As a group we’re considered resourceful and independent. Some also say cynical.

12.  I’d definitely say cynical.

13.  Anyway, it’s making some traditional emojis feel a little extra.

14.  Except if that looked the way it feels that would be more like:

E·X·T·R·A

15.  Nope, still not quite right.

16.  Maybe add some fireworks in the background.

17.  Got it? That’s how I feel when I text someone what I call the “REALLY happy face” emoji.

18.  😊  That one.

19.  There’s a couple of others, too. Ones that make me feel like I’m using, oh, how do I put this…

20.  JAZZ HANDS!!!

21.  I have no idea how many of you will get that reference but it perfectly describes the feeling of something over the top for me.

22.  Which brings me back to Gen X emojis.

23.  A regular smiley face works just fine, thanks, but I could use a few others.

24.  I need one that’s a slideways smile/smirk sort of thing.

25.  No, that’s not a typo. If slideways isn’t a word it should be.

26.  I could also use a half puffed up/half blowing out face for those times when I don’t know which way to go.

27.  Throw in sneaky, angry/sneaky, confused/sneaky and brutally honest eff-it-all emojis as well.

28.  The-pollen-is-slowly-killing-me and I’ve-begun-hallucinating-from-sleep-deprivation also seem useful.

29.  Looks like there are more than a few situations calling for a good Gen X visual aid.

30.  Now I need some industrious soul out there to take this creative opportunity and run with it.

31.  Have we had the conversation yet about punctuation?

32.  I love texting, I really do. Simple, straightforward, an easy way to coordinate plans. What’s not to love?

33.  Apparently, there’s a lot about my texting that the younger folks don’t love.

34.  Millenials and Gen Z have pretty strong feelings about getting texts with punctuation marks.

35.  “Why are you mad at me?”  What? What are you talking about?

36.  “Well you put a period.”  Yeah. It was a declarative statement and I was all out of zebras.

37.  WHAT IS THIS MADNESS??

38.  My ancient, punctuation obsessed brain can’t make sense of it but in true show-up-how-someone-needs-you style I’m trying.

39.  Side note: the coffee maker is still going strong and we’re all better for it.

40.  This brings us to forty which brings us to Friday and launches us into the weekend. Have a great one, everybody!