You are working from home because you're sick, but not yet sick enough to stay under the covers. Actually, you are very sick and running on Dayquil fumes, which your fever is about to breach. Before you do call it a work day, you decide to return a book due tomorrow to the library across the street.
You look like you feel, wearing poorly fitting sweats, a red nose and sunglasses to hide your puffy eyes. You showered earlier but, honestly, no one can tell. You may also smell of Lysol wipes ... or worse.
As you head to Book Returns, in walks a local radio celebrity (most people from San Diego would recognize at least the name and maybe the voice) and a woman you are 85%* sure was in a very popular band in the 1980s. She still has that aura to her, and he's mentioned her on the air and to you personally when you appeared on his show about 8 years ago. You remember he lives in your suburb, so the encounter makes a little more sense.
And, you still listen to his show faithfully every weekend on your long runs (which these days aren't very long at all, I'm afraid).
Do you:
a.) Leave right away
b.) Find an excuse to stay and stalk
c.) Go right up to the couple and [re]introduce yourself, knowing how it might look in general and especially in your current disheveled state
So, which is it?
*I just looked her up on Google. Now I'm 95% sure, but I was wearing sunglasses.
5 comments:
C! C! please let it be C!
I will add you to my thoughts and prayers. Thanks for adding Christa. I hope you're doing okay.
Ehm, I'm going to have to go with a...
Leave right away, since you've already contaminated the entire place. Get well....
Since I work from home, and run off and on all day, I pretty much look like crud all day long. I have, therefore, perfected the "avoid at all costs" routine :)
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