Pink Core

by  Roxana Moga

Hi folks!

Another month, another story! This happens to be a true one. Oh well, as true as any story can be!

I was going to draw your attention to a few idioms containing the word grey. Grey as in grey matter the substance we all have in our brains, the matter some people share among them; grey as the weather in January and February nonetheless, grey as an early Monday morning, or your mood these days, but hey, this is no time to get depressed as long as: “The future’s orange”.

So let’s turn to a more vivid color that would be …., come on! don’t let me say it!

Yes, correct! Pink my friends, pink…

So here is how pink squeezes in my daily routine:

Monday, always the same. I get the shivers while drinking my coconut milk out of the raw green cup, thinking that this is the day when I usually get the pink slip from the company.

a pink slip - a letter from your employer which tells you are fired, the company is done with you.

Tuesday, a little warmer. I am running down the streets, saying hello to everybody, trying to breathe in my freedom. The shop on the corner has my favourite Flamingo feather dress on display. I am in the pink, I have forgotten my sorrows altogether.

be in the pink - to be very healthy

Wednesday, a brand new day! I am making desperate efforts to become a lady, but the sign in front of me says that the investiture is postponed for lack of evidence. It turns out I am not a pink collar employee anymore, I have turned myself into a queen.

pink-collar (American) - pink-collar jobs are jobs that mostly women do, often in offices and for little money.

Thursday, I am meeting Boris. We exchange kisses because mine are old and his are most impatient. We pin everything down to a soap opera script and dance stumbling. I love that, I really am tickled pink.

be tickled pink - to be extremely pleased about something

Friday. Lately I have written a lot. I have written all my walls and windows. I drink numerous pink ladies as they always have something to bring back to life.

pink lady - an alcoholic drink

Saturday. Boris was assigned Cultural Advisor in Arcadia. By day he wastes time around the Embassy and by night they let him in to teach the President’s daughters bowling and twist. The most difficult part of his lectures is: how making better use of your pinkies while holding a ball, can change your life.

pinkies - the little fingers

Sunday. Music auditions at Barnie’s. The same artists with the false impression that another drik will bring about their long lost talent . Regulation no. 8989089/2007 provides that trespassing a denied access sign is sanctioned with life in prison. Prison. The generations doomed to a century of solitude are not given a second chance. So I am going to take the first one.

Monday. I should get the shivers once again, but not this time, this time my week starts with Sunday.