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November 08, 2005
Purple Elephant Saves the Day! (Well a mug really but who is counting)
I was trekking over to the Post Office to post some parcels. (I will not mention that I was in a world of my own planning the next scene of my novel because I’m trying so hard to write a post here that doesn’t mention writing AT ALL. I think that perhaps I’m trying to prove to myself that NaNo is not the only thing in my life right now. Heck while I‘m thinking of it, where the hell did I put my husband and daughter?) So where was I? Oh yes walking down the street, when a car stated backing out of a driveway, so I politely stopped to let the car pass. Actually that is a lie, there was no altruism in my act, I just thought the driver hadn’t seen me so it was the safest thing to do. So what did this car have sitting on its roof then?
Go on guess!
Yes that’s right, a mug of tea!
So I frantically waved my arms about pointing to the mug on the roof (which I acknowledge was a silly thing to do because it wasn’t like he could see it from the driver’s seat because if he could then it wouldn‘t be there if you see what I mean) He looked at me with a the-madhouse-is-THAT-way kind of look and started backing some more. Only at that moment the cup started to slip of the roof, so do you know what I did dear friend(s)? Remember this is me, we are talking about here, lowly uncoordinated me who cannot even cock her lazy unwilling legs over a hurdle. I ran a whole three steps and do you know, I caught that mug in my hand WITHOUT FALLING OVER!
I got cold milky tea down the arm of my jacket (Goddamn you Mr. Driver why was it not coffee? I hadn’t had my caffeine fix for all of about an hour) but I saved the mug all the same.
Go me!
Now it’s your turn. Tell me how proud you are of me because;
a) I saved a mug’s life.
and
b) I (almost) didn’t talk about NaNo for a whole post.
P.S. All offers of bravery medals to my fsmail email address thank you. Please be warned that Purple Elephant does not under any circumstances shake hands with Margaret Thatcher or the Queen.
*bows*
Posted by purple elephant at November 8, 2005 09:16 PM