Ten-Finger Exercises

Getting out of work

I didn't mean to get out of going to church today. I did get up a little late, and was drying my hair with the car vents on the way into town. My stomach had been cramping and churning, and by the time I got there I was wondering if I could sit through a whole service without having to leave.

Seeing that the assistant priest was back from vacation, and in fact confirming that with the rector, I told him I wasn't feeling well and was headed back home. He said I looked like maybe I was running a fever, very flushed, and he didn't want to catch it. When I got back into the car and started it, I felt the rush of hot air on my hair-- and face-- and knew why I looked flushed. So that's just a tip I'm passing on in case you want to look sick.

No muse awaited me when I got home, but there were other things, like laundry, to do. Isn't there always?


Have a happy Sunday!