Carolyn, Sue is sitting here reading your blog with me, today.  Your story of people speaking too fast is resonanting with me as I write. I find people all talk too fast.  Especially people to whom I am related.  It must be genetic.  I know I talk too fast but it seems normal to me.  Your mom says it is because of the coffee I drink.  I do tend to drink too much(coffee).  There is a point at which your dad cuts me off.  Not only because I am acting strangely but because I am racing through a simple sentence.
That is a sign of too much caffiene.  Although too much and caffiene are not words which fit in my sentence structure easily, Sue says it too so I begin to think that I may have over done it.
One must listen to a wife.  Just like the coffee cup you gave me a few years ago.  It enjoined me to "pretend to listen" and I took that to heart.  But I do have have my coffee first.
Sam has had a good few weeks at Midwestern in Wichita Falls.  She turned in her first paper and got an "A"!  I mean how many freshman get an A on their first college paper?  Aren't they suppose to humiliate you on the first paper?  So she is pumped:)  She even asked me how many doctorates we have in my family!!