I spend a lot of my time having conversations in my head.

Deb will often look over at me and say, “Who are you talking to?”

I’m not on the phone or speaking out loud.

But she can tell that I’m carrying on a conversation in my head.

I have done that ever since I can remember.

Maybe that’s why I gravitate to play writing?

Sometimes, I have imaginary conversations replaying my past annoyances.

Sometimes, I have imaginary conversations for situations that happened to someone else.

But it still annoys me.

Today, while going for a run, I had one such conversation.

A few years ago, Deb was in a show and someone else kept mispronouncing a French word.

The person finally asked if they were pronouncing it correctly. Deb gave the correct pronunciation.

That person flipped out and lambasted Deb.

This happened years ago.

But for some reason, I was thinking about it today.

Now, I wasn’t present for this incident.

I’ve only heard about it from Deb.

But I kept thinking about it…

And I imagined what if the person had done that to me?

In my mind, I let loose an angry retort.

I lambasted them back. But in French.

Then taunted them to speak French back to me.

Getting more and more animated.

All in my head.

But I think I got most of the French correct.

In my head.

Another sign that Duolingo is doing its job.

Merci, Duolingo!