Stories tagged “Routine”
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Straying from the Routine
Dear Diary, Really didn’t want to work today. I realize most people probably wake up with that mindset on a regular basis, but I actually enjoy what I do. Well, usually, but not this week. The groups I’ve had to teach have been full of litt...
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soccer with my sister
My big sister is the soccer star in our family. The only reason I played was because my sister had begged and my parents thought that it was a wonderful idea. After all it made it easier for them: only having to drive back and forth from one place, hav...
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Breaking the Routine
I look at myself in the bathroom mirror, and am shocked at what I see. I see myself reflected back into my eyes, but I look older, and not in a good way. I splash water onto my face and look again. My blue eyes glisten like the sea as they stare back a...
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Casual Secrets
3:56 Uncle Stan should be here in about four minutes. He’s pretty young for an uncle, only 4 years older than me. I don’t mind him coming over. I set his favorite beer on the coffee table in the living room. 4:15 He brings a bunch of pornos...
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Zombies Exist
Zombies exist. They’re the people you pass on your 23-foot walk to your cubical from the elevator, typing away ever so passively at their computers, waiting for the clock to strike 11:45 AM so they leave for lunch. But only to come back and do it...
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Work, Eat, Sleep...Repeat.
He limps into the office, his soul lagging behind like an unwilling child on a grocery run. One arm, then the other slipped into the pin-striped straight jacket, next the noose secured in a Double Windsor. Bi-monthly direct deposits pay off the hit man...
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Stolen Luggage
5:00 AM. Chicago. Jason Hemshaw fumbled for his watch in the darkness of the bedroom. Finding it at last, he hurriedly stopped the alarm’s insistent vibrations and, taking care not to wake his wife, crept out of the bed. He gestured a small lamp ...