Junie and Brad had been dancing like this for weeks.

“Brad, this has got to st…”

“Junie, you are driving me cra…”

The office grew quiet, keyboards silent. Even an outsider could hear the intake of breath – could feel the tension between these two.

Then, the phone would ring – sucking the life back into the room. Brad and Junie separated.

Amy met Junie at the coffee maker. “You’ve got to let him off the hook, Junie. Otherwise you’re the office tease. You want to be known as Monica or Lorena?”

“Amy! Stop! I’m a married woman. I can’t be either!”
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There’s an elephant in Lance’s room and he has challenged us to write 100 words about it using Damien Rice’s song Elephant as our jumping off place.

My Blog Can Beat Up Your Blog

“Sleeping like a baby.”

Seriously? Have you ever watched your child sleeping?

Our first baby was a dolly for me to cherish. Her daddy was wound tightly around her little finger – his back is kinked to this day.

We loved to watch her sleep – she’d start out squarely in the middle of the crib where we’d lay her. In no time she would scooch this way and that until her blond fringe was pressed into the corner of her crib.

Sweet slumber? Well, she WAS quieter when she slept. But she was never, ever still. I love that about her.
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VV’s 100 word challenge this week is SLUMBER. These are my 100 – where are yours?

Change is hard. I dislike it. Immensely!

In my job I am often “that” one – She who goes kicking and screaming into any new company policy.

Imagine my dismay when “they” moved the water cooler . . . three months ago. I’ve worked there 10 years and it’s always been right over THERE! I still invariably walk to its old location, turn around in circles with a confused look on my face, and sheepishly walk to the cooler.

Today? I walked straight to the cooler, got my water, and returned to my desk.

Hmmmm. I guess you CAN teach the old dog new tricks.
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This week’s Trifecta challenge is to use the adjective NEW in its third definition:
3: having been in a relationship or condition but a short time

Thanks to the eagle eyes of one of my granddaughters, we enjoyed watching new moose twins on our way home from church this morning.

(click for larger views) More pics on fb.

It wasn’t the first time they’d sought shelter. Katie and Michael shivered, listening to things hitting the floor above.

“It won’t be much longer, Katie. We’ll be safe again soon.”

Then? It was too quiet.

“Michael?”

“Michael?”

“MICHAEL!”
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Trifextra’s weekend challenge: Complete the following story in 33 words:

‘It wasn’t the first time.’

(The five words are not to be included in your 33 words)