But I Smile Anyway…

Linda’s SoCS prompt…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “the first 3 words of the first full sentence.” Okay, follow me here. This is what I want you to do: 1. Grab the closest book to you when you sit down to write your post. 2. Open it to a random page. 3. Locate the first complete sentence on that page. 4. Use the first three words of that sentence to start your post, then take it from there–write whatever comes to mind. That’s it! Have fun!

He scratches his head self-consciously. It always happens. The moment a child in class is known to have nits or lice, then the urge to itch hits…

He knows it is a peril of the job, but what can he do?

That girl was sitting, scratching like no one’s business, and the moment he got close enough, he could see them swarming around her her scalp.

He’d held himself together, not like the teaching assistant who he’d called over to confirm what he thought. She retched upon seeing the movement on her head.

Right, he thought. Off to phone the parents. And to tell the school office. Another nit letter needs to go out.

The class parents will be thrilled!

A BOTS story...
 

Linda’s SoCS prompt…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “envelope.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!

There are some envelopes that I love to receive. 
The handwritten ones, with the promise of a card, or an invitation. 
Sometimes a letter from a friend or loved one.

And then there are those more ominous ones, filled with bills and demands for your cash.

You can keep those, thank you very much!
 

Linda’s SoCS prompt…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “pick a number.” Choose a number—any number—and write about it any way you’d like. Have fun!

Three.

There, that is my chosen one, and I shall give you three reasons why.

1. I was born on the 3rd of the month.
2. It’s always 3rd time lucky.
3. What I speak is a mixture of three languages! Punglihili! Punjabi, English and Swahili!

Hope that counts!

Linda’s SoCS prompt…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “one/won.” Use one, use them both, use them any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use them both. Enjoy!

One day I might just be able to say I won an award for my writing – or my book, at least.

I’ve been lucky to have won Blogger Awards, in the past, which I am very proud of. Not just one time, but on several occasions!

But, to have my books recognised. That would be epic…

Linda’s SoCS prompt…

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “sap/spa/asp/pas/PSA.” Use one, use them all, use them any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use them all. Enjoy!

You know me… I am usually able to add each one of the specified words to something, but I don’t know if I can, right now. I still have a couple of days of school left, which I know will be highly emotional.

Nothing like the end of term to sap all your energy.

I tell you what, though. I could 100% use a spa day, right now… though I am that tired, I’d probably spend it all asleep on a lounger or massage bed!

Now, that would be a faux-pas, wouldn’t it?

Just imagine, paying all that money for some fancy treatment, like an asp‘s milk facial, (imaginary, yes!), and then snoring through it all… what a waste!

(Okay, so I got most of them in. Couldn’t work out how to add an appropriate sentence using PSA, given it’s meaning! Oh, but I managed to add it to the post, didn’t I? Will that count towards extra points?)

Right. Off to an early-ish bedtime. I am officially pooped! Or quanked. Found that word out last week. It is a now obsolete word, basically meaning exhausted! And it fits me perfectly!