Across
- 5. –“I’m staying neutral. Unless someone brings cake. Then I’m on their team.”
- 7. –“Admitting to my wife I ate the last cookie was brave. Saying it face to face. Braver.”
- 11. –“Volunteering is a job where you work for free and but they don’t care if you show up late.”
- 12. –“Trust is the bedrock of our friendship. That, and the fact we both hate the same people.”
- 13. –“We started a travel fund. Right now, it can take us as far as the next bus stop.”
- 15. –“I literally choked on my drink when he said he was ‘an influencer’ now.”
- 17. –“He used cologne liberally. I could smell him before I saw him.”
- 20. –“Why did the sentinel get fired? ‘Watch duty’ doesn’t mean binge-watching Netflix.”
- 24. –“His incivility is so advanced, I’m starting to think he’s training for a black belt in bad manners.”
- 25. –“ I was reading a book about procrastination, and got distracted. I’ll get back to it later.”
Down
- 1. –“Finding my phone before I leave the house is paramount. Without it, how will I ignore people properly?”
- 2. –“His fruit stall didn’t make much money, but it did give him peace and quiet, away from his wife and kids.”
- 3. –“His career took a winding path: dog walker, magician, crypto ‘expert’, AI prompt engineer. I still have no idea what he does.”
- 4. –“She forgot the password again. Guess who took the brunt of the IT guy’s sighs?”
- 6. –“My career came full circle. Started in customer service, tried acting, sold socks online, and now—customer service.”
- 8. –“I signed up for a webinar on focus. I spent most of it Googling memes.”
- 9. –“I reset my router, my brain, and my expectations—all before 9 a.m.”
- 10. –“My morning ritual: hit snooze, get up, make coffee like it’s my purpose in life.”
- 14. –“He said the cliché, ‘Live, laugh, love’—and I almost divorced him.”
- 16. –“Our lemonade stand finally made revenue. One hundred dollars. Minus the 50 dollar lemonade sign.”
- 18. –“I’d help you move, but my limitations include heavy lifting, early mornings, and working on weekends.”
- 19. –“The snack was an unmitigated disaster—which is impressive, considering it was just supposed to be toast.”
- 21. –“Technically, I’m abiding by the office dress code because it never said how many flamingos could be on a suit.”
- 22. –“His work persona is ‘calm professional.’ At home he screams at football games on TV.”
- 23. –“We picked the venue because it had charm, character, and not enough lighting to hide the mold.”