Today’s one-liner is again courtesy of our #4 Daughter, the amazing Sara Marian. She dropped out of college after one semester and worked for ten years in retail and the food service industry. Then she returned to college and got a degree in Anthropology, and now works as an archaeologist.
She emailed me about her week at work:
The nice part of the _____ project is over, sadly – now we’re in a horrible nasty floodplain full of briars, whippy little saplings, and mudholes that try to suck you down into the Dead Marshes to light little candles of your own if you don’t follow Gollum’s path. I have more thorn punctures and scratches and bruises on my legs than I do normal skin. I even got a thorn stuck in the top of my head on Thursday and one got me on the INSIDE of the lip and I couldn’t get free of it!! Ugh! Yesterday I wore coveralls and zipped my coat all the way up to my nose, with the hood up so all that was exposed of my face was covered by my glasses. I need armor. And a flamethrower. Thankfully, we’re not going out on Monday when it will be 18 degrees. :p
Still better than retail.
This post is part of Linda G. Hills weekly blog hop, One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner or just like them, follow the link.
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Write about a second career.
MA
Dan Antion
February 5, 2020 at 7:34amAh, the magic of perspective.
Marian Allen
February 5, 2020 at 2:56pmAin’t it the truth? lol
Mitchell Allen
February 5, 2020 at 7:56amHa-ha! “A bad day fishing…”
When you do what you love, the thorns remind you of the beauty of the rose. (Or not. I just thought it would be fun to write that.)
Cheers,
Mitch
Marian Allen
February 5, 2020 at 2:56pmI like it!
Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt
February 6, 2020 at 2:09amMy first career was plasma physics; my second career is writing fiction.
And our youngest daughter just finished college, so we’re really happy for her.
Marian Allen
February 6, 2020 at 9:37amSelfishly, I’m glad you chose the second career you did. Your writing is riveting!
Deborah
February 6, 2020 at 8:08amLOL! Oh yes, any day outside getting torn up by nature is better than retail! Her narrative was wonderfully descriptive. Guess that comes from having a writer for a Mum. 😀
Marian Allen
February 6, 2020 at 9:41amShe’s a writer, too. A durn good one, at that. Where she got her love of the outdoors, I do not know. Not from me, I’ll tell you. I mean, I LOVE the outdoors, I just don’t want to BE there.
joey
February 15, 2020 at 6:49pmWord, Amazing. Word.
Marian Allen
February 16, 2020 at 8:33amI’ll tell her you validate that experience. I would hate doing what she does, but I hate dealing with pissy customers and I’m the world’s worst boot-licker, so I would hate retail, too. I did office work. I was the sassy one you wonder why they don’t fire.