I flew down the stairs. I was running a few minutes late but I had to do one last idiot check to make sure I hadn't forgotten anything.
Keys. Check.
Snack and lunch for the day. Check.
Turn off the bathroom sink after the cat begged me to drink from it. Check.
Cat food so she doesn't destroy my house while I'm gone. Check.
Cell phone. Check.
"Oh shit." I said remembering Marrianne's scratchy call from last week. I checked my watch. I still had a minute for a quick call.
The phone went straight to voicemail. That was strange. I planned to leave a message apologizing for not having something for her to click on this morning. I've been busy. The world has been a bit unforgiving lately. I was a bit shocked to hear the phone go directly to voicemail. Something was up.
"Hey pretty girl, I haven't forgotten about you." I looked at the clock and took a deep breath. "I just wanted to call you and let you know that I'm o.k. There will be something up today. I can't say when but I wanted to let you know just in case you get distracted from your distraction I did have something up and ready for you."
I opened the door to my home office and turned the computer on.
"I guess the voice won the next few rounds," I thought back to the machine's offer of the glass of wine while I pet the cat and lay on the couch, "but I've got this. I'll talk to you soon."
Making sure the machines don't grind my soul into the ground. Check
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