little bitty girl

Amicus is the Latin word for friend or comrade and caedere is to cut or kill.

Meet Jill.

Jill is a friend of mine. Actually, we're probably each other's closest friend in the city. So needless to say, we tend to hang out on occasion. We do all the things girls like to do together such as going shopping, having cocktails and every so often we cook for each other. And on very, very few occasions, Jill tries to kill me.

Last fall, there was a very bad incident with some dodgy salmon that she had thawed out for too long, which resulted in me barfing my brains out ALL NIGHT. She, with the stomach of steel, just happened to have bad gas all day.

But, you know as friends, you tend to forgive and forget these things. That is, until the incident nearly repeated itself yesterday.

Jill and I take a Pilates class together and often times after class, we will have dinner at her apartment and I'll head on home. So as usual, there was the afternoon conversation confirming our exercise and dinner date.

Jill: So, is fish ok?

Karen: Sure, whatever is good.

Pregnant pause.

Jill: I think the fish is still good.

Karen: What do you mean? (am instantly suspicious at this point)

Jill: It's been thawing for awhile.

Karen: How long?

Jill: Mmmmm...since Sunday. So it should be ok...what day is it today?

Karen: Wednesday and it's not ok. We're going grocery shopping after class.

Before class.

Jill: Honey, are you sure the fish isn't ok? How long can fish thaw out for anyway?

Karen: You're supposed to do it overnight and that's it.

Jill: Mmm....

Karen: Dude, if we eat that fish you'll be fine but I will be dead.

Laughter ensues.

Shortly after class, Jill is putting her groceries away and she finds the way too thawed out fish and shows it to me.

Jill: Honey, it really looks fine to me...

We didn't end up eating it, but I wonder whether I've given her any reason lately for wanting to do off with me...