Happy Saturday! David has been away this week, visiting relatives, and I have been wrapping up some pre-winter tasks. Today is what might be considered normal weather for late October, 62°f (17°c), but we’re still going to take the afternoon off and reward ourselves with an adult beverage and maybe something to nibble on. Of course, while we’re having this break, we’ll try to work on Linda’s prompt
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “mug.’” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun! –
Stream of Consciousness Saturday by Linda G. Hill
If we were having a beer, you be wasting no time to order that drink.
“Welcome back, David. How was your vacation?”
“Vacation? Dan you couldn’t have picked a worse word if you turned to the antonym section of your Thesaurus.”
“Before he regales us with his tale of woe, would you two like a drink?”
“Yes, Curley. I think our usual will do nicely.”
“Now, David, I thought you were visiting family.”
“My wife’s family. Let’s just say, I’ve never been fully accepted into the fold.”
“How long have you been married?”
“Forty-five years.”
“And you haven’t been able to win them over with your charming ways?”
“They bring out the worst in me.”
“Well, I hope you left that part of you wherever it was you were staying.”
“Upstate New York, Dan. Pretty country, especially this time of year.”
“Can I tell them David sent me?”
“Sure. Point to the mugshot my in-laws have hung in every small Post Office in the area.”
“What exactly did you do to tick them off?”
“Here you go. A nice cold Modelo draft, a glass of John Howell’s Bourbon, a snifter of seltzer and a glass of ice. And, lest I forget again, three cherries.”
“Thanks Curley. Cheers, Dan. As for my transgression, I wasn’t a doctor.”
“They wanted your wife to marry a doctor?”
“Doctor, dentist. They might have even accepted a lawyer for all I know.”
“But you’re a professional man.”
“Nt according to my mother-in-law. She rules the family with an iron hand. Well into her nineties, she’s still in command.”
“And still angry with you?”
“Disappointed, not angry. That’s worse, in case you aren’t aware.”
“Curely, let’s put this man out of his misery. Two orders of Teagan’s mushrooms, and another round when they arrive.”
“Thanks Dan.”
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