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Category: The Day Job

The Maelstrom

My kid stepped on a screw last week. He went through the garage barefoot to take out the trash and started hollering. When I answered his warbles, he calmly asked me to unscrew the screw sticking out of his heel.…

School Jitters

“What if they don’t like me?” She shifted around on the plastic blue booth seat, then fidgeted with her fork. “I bought a really cute skirt for tomorrow. It’s cheerful.” “Great idea. You will brighten up the room when you…

You’re Fired

It was a dark and stormy night. Okay, it was the morning after. I arrived at my Day Job bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, with my lunchbag full of mason jars, my regular bag full of gummy bears and caramel corn, and…