Hello everyone!
How is your week going? Last Thursday evening, I fell on my back during a pole dance class. It’s kind of a funny story:
Conversation with fiancé:*
Me: Uh, I fell on my back during pole class.
Fiancé: OMG go to Emergency right now you might have a lung perforation and drop dead like this minute-
*Note that fiancé is a medical resident, and that he is on the West Coast so this is a phone conversation
Conversation with medical resident in the hospital ER:
Me: Uh, I fell on my back during pole class.
Resident: How bad does it hurt, on a scale of 1 to 10?
[Meanwhile, the person in the room beside me screeches in pain. Cue feelings of guilt and non-belongingness.]
Me: Uh, a 5 out of 10?
Resident: Go back to work.**
Me: But-
**Note that I work in the same hospital
Conversation with coworkers:
Me: Uh, I fell on my back during pole class.
Coworkers: YOU POLE DANCE?!
They did eventually get around to asking how my back is feeling :’)
Anyway 🙂
Today’s snippet follows shortly after last week’s. Olivia goes to the library in hopes of understanding Matt better:
Olivia snaps the book shut and hugs it in her arm. She picks up a few other books about depression and checks them out. Her shoulders are sore by the time she lugs them all home and dumps them onto her desk.
It is a dark and cloudy day. she turns on her reading lamp and grabs a fresh stack of note cards.
The thing is, Olivia never failed at anything in life. She truly believes that, if you put your mind to it and work hard enough at it, you will succeed. If you can get top grades in all your classes and maintain a 4.0 GPA, surely you can make another person happy.
WIPPet Math: 3 paragraphs for Wednesday 🙂
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