LJ Idol - Week 20 - Boondoggle

[tonithegreat]

Erin let herself sigh deeply as soon as she was sure her mom had hung up. Sometimes there was no winning. Sometimes there was really just no winning

Comments

[bleodswean]

A nice little plague-vignette and it worked well! I enjoyed this because land disputes is what we do here and I could soooooooooo relate!

I also appreciated and enjoyed the insertion of humour there at the end. Gotta have that!

[tonithegreat]

Thank you kindly!

[lyssa027]

I can relate, work is so much more intense and stressful from home than it ever was at work

[tonithegreat]

True story. Today was a particularly weird one, too. We started talking about coming back in. I have such a weird feeling about the rest of the year.

[lyssa027]

I have a weird feeling about the next school year. I teach special needs 3-6-year-olds and they don't understand anything going on and have various sensory needs. A huge part of our education is self-help skills and social skills and I just don't think any proposed distancing or mask-wearing would work for that population given the nature of my students.

[karmasoup]

They say write what you know... convenient when it works out! ;-)

[tonithegreat]

True story! I’m trying to do that this season without actually writing about myself or my work and I’m not sure I always get the balance right. But I’m trying.

[rayaso]

The genesis of this story is fascinating, as was the tale itself. It was fun reading how your personal life led to this entry. Great use of personal material!

[tonithegreat]

Thanks! I particularly appreciate that you commented on the personal note, because I’m always really uncertain as how to those go over.

[d0gs]

This was a really interesting read :D

[tonithegreat]

Thank you!