NaNoWriMo

Hi Sisters and Allies.  As you may know, NaNoWriMo is gearing up.  I am committed to doing more groundwork on my novelette, The Coanda Effect –Or Nighttime to Nightmare.  I'm wishing everyone a uplifting and creative coming month.  I'm excerpting another part of the work here for suggestions or comments.  Be Blessed, Gayle

I stopped by Jean’s club after work and ordered my usual; gingerade with lemons and limes, hey! It tastes better than it sounds.  Jean and I have a collective total of 22 years of sober time.  Jean used to be my sponsor, well, she still is but after firing herself after my last slip; she still makes sure that my step study “homework” is done on a semi irregular basis.  Leah; my boss of almost 5 years stops by.  I guess she fears if I’m not at work; I may be having too much fun, and we don’t want that.

 

Jean and Leah get along like two wet cats in a burlap sack.  They tolerate each other the way two alpha dogs get along in a pack.  I feel like a referee during what should be my ‘happy hour’.  “Hello nemesis”, Jean yells over the pounding bass inside the bar.  “Hi frienemy”, is Leah’s reply.  They have been doing this stand-up routine for the better part of 3 years when Leah’s girl ran off with Jean’s boy.  (Don’t try this at home dear reader).  When they received the wedding invites to the ‘blessed union’, they re-hashed the reasons for the betrayals at this very same bar. 

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