Sunday Post #amwriting

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LOOKING FORWARD TO MARCH

I thought I'd share some more fun ride-share stories I've heard.

Extreme Habits

An extreme habit that my ride-share client told me about is a friend of hers who is about to get married -he goes to the gym straight after dinner and exercises for 2 1/2 hours and during the day he only eats one meal and drinks 1 gallon of water.

Some other habits I’ve heard are people who never sit down at work and will have a standing keyboard at the desk.

I know I manager who invites all of her employees to come and do kickboxing with her during their lunch break and encourages Yoga at work as well.

Awkward conversation starters

“Are you a mechanic?”

“No , why?”

“Because you’ve got a snowsuit on. “

“No, I just like staying warm,” says my ride-share client.

Then there’s the times where I point something out on the road and I get radio silence like this time:

“It says on his bumper sticker ‘ I’m not a 👮‍♂️ cop.’

And my ride-share client says “oh yeah (and then silence)

"I just thought it was kind of funny because his car looks like a cop car”( a former cop car, a crown Victoria, black and white)

Usually I get in my head and think shit why did I say that to my ride-share client?

But you can't beat the awkwardness like this next thing that happened. 

 My client said this to his female companion when she asked him “Do you wanna get in the hot tub-it’s upstairs?”

And he said, “No, I don’t like hot tubs.”

Then he kicked himself because he didn't realize that it was a hint for a date.

(Like a George Costanza moment when The date asks him up for coffee)

“ I should’ve known!” 🤔 he said, “Who turns down an offer to get in a hot tub with a beautiful 😻 woman?!”

(But these days I don’t overthink what I say to ride-share clients because of improv- most of my thoughts after an awkward conversation go back to the improv scene that I had the previous night)

That's my week. Tell me about yours in the comments below.

ON THE BLOG

I started reading "The Duke and I," and began noticing the difference with the TV series. And what I find different is the discussion with the maids and some of the interactions with the enemies in the show do not come off nearly as brute in the book.

I picked up this YA chic lit, because the synopsis sounds great and you have to love that cover. Synopsis Girl meets boy. Girl likes boy.Girl gets friend to help win boy.Friend ends up with crush on boy..

The Rebound Synopsis: She’s feeling all out of luck. Until the first person she meets after she touches down is an absurdly hot guy called Luke, who offers her a lift home. Gazing deep into his sparkling emerald-green eyes, Abby knows instantly that he’s exactly what she needs to take her mind off everything. The perfect rebound.

 

It’s a flawless plan. Until the next day, when Abby realizes who he actually is. Not just a stranger. He is, in fact, Luke Bailey, aka the boy next door. Luke Bailey who—so help her God—she’s pretty sure she once shared baths with, back when they were kids. Not that she can allow herself to imagine him in a bath now, not without blushing from head to foot.