Chipper

chip·per³
adj. In lively spirits; cheerful

This lady I work with is always happy... too happy in fact. My other coworker pinned it down for me: "she's a little too chipper for me." Ah yes... chipper, what a wonderful word. I think being chipper is ok, unless it happens to be excessive. Anyway, this lady I work with is always like this. In fact, I don't think she stopped smiling the whole time. And she has this really high pitched voice, like someone is stretching her vocal chords or something.
The van we drove to Siuslaw in was terrible, to be nice. In the dark, when you turn the headlights on, the dashlights go out. So in order to know what speed you are going, you have to use a flashlight and point it at the speedometer. The van also makes funny noises when you have the defroster on for too long. And sometimes it doesn't shift. So you are cruising down the main road in a town, trying to accelerate and it won't shift into the next highest gear, so you're stuck. And it doesn't always like to back up. So, the chipper lady, was driving all three days to Siuslaw, and even when the van wouldn't go into reverse, she would just smile and sweet talk the van. "Come on honey, you can do it. Shift into reverse, there you go!!!" It was scary. I think I may have heard her swear once, but I don't rememeber exactly, but if she did, I would think that she would sound just as happy as if she had won the lottery... "Damn!!!" Big fat smile on her face.
Anyway, just thought I would share that will ya'll, because I was thinking about the word chipper this morning... Peace.