In which my boss makes a nonsensical decision

I was at work, and we were having a meeting in the kitchen. Dr M announced that we were going to start conducting all of our correspondence with clients in French. He made each of us take an oral French aptitude test and even though I don't know the language, I was able to muddle through based on the Spanish I knew and scored the highest out of everyone. Later I expressed my concern to MM that no one would really be able to conduct business in French, but she said it was the language of diplomacy and that we would pick it up.

In which I see some pretty fish

I was standing in a stream in the woods, and little fish were swimming all around my feet. I knew it was fresh water, but the fish were bright blue and yellow and purple, like tropical fish. I wished I had a net so I could catch them, but then I was also happy that they were free.