I Prefer Non-Committal Cartoon Elephants

Within minutes of walking in The Marine’s apartment on Wednesday, he gave me a present. On our first date I had mentioned that I love collecting weird little things for my desk at work, and I could tell he was storing that information in the “ways to make Vix happy” mental filing cabinet somewhere between close the door when you pee and always have chocolate in apartment.

So yesterday I was delighted when he handed me a cute little box covered in cartoon elephants and lions. It said ANIMAL KINGDOM in bright letters across the box.

“What is it?” I asked, assuming it was a toy of some sort. Then I read in the corner “bubblegum flavored.”

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