Anyone who knows me has probably realized....I LOVE to laugh.
Many of my friends have made fun of me for how much I laugh. I laugh so frequently that a few of my friends joke that every 15 minutes I have to laugh even if nothing funny happened. Here are a few reasons why:
This past year, I laughed so hard at a bad lip reading of the NFL that I fell off my bed and dropped my laptop on the floor in the process. A few days prior to that, I laughed so hard at something my roommate said that I inhaled the yogurt covered raisins I was eating. Literally. A lot of times, my roommate asks me what I'm laughing at. Sometimes I'm laughing at something, sometimes I'm laughing at nothing at all. I'm just a happy person in general. And it's kind of hard to explain what I'm laughing at when it's a story that happened over three years ago involving people my roommate's never heard of.
And I've realized I might have a problem. The situation concerning the yogurt covered raisins was not an isolated occurrence--it is quite common for me to laugh while I'm eating or drinking. Which often leads to choking, which could lead to dying. Thus, I COULD LITERALLY DIE OF LAUGHTER.
One day a few years ago, I was sitting in my room, and my little brother came in. I can't remember what I said to him, but he laughed and said, "Your children will be the FUNNIEST people someday--if they take after you."
My initial response was confusion. Did he think I'd marry someone who wasn't funny? Someone who never laughed? But then I thought that perhaps I'd never have to worry about choking if there was nothing to laugh at. But how drab a life that would be. I think I would rather die laughing than spend years sitting around the table silent and grim. And if I have children, I do hope they will have my sense of humor. Otherwise, we won't have nearly as much fun.
So. Perhaps laughter is the best medicine; perhaps it will be the death of me. Just know that, regardless of what causes me to die, I will continue to laugh until I'm stone dead. And if you need a good laugh, you'll probably find me laughing to myself as I eat yogurt covered raisins. You may not know me, but I invite you to share my laughter and my yogurt covered raisins whenever you want. I just hope you can save a choking victim. Just FYI, I can. So you're safe with me. (You're welcome.)
