tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post1039744625563510903..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Thursday October 15th, 2015Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-61745792661269269242015-10-17T02:28:36.958-07:002015-10-17T02:28:36.958-07:00Greg - I have to admit, I was kind of hoping you&#...Greg - I have to admit, I was kind of hoping you'd write something from the dad's perspective. Maybe about how being the new kid at work wasn't all that great either.<br /><br />But! I enjoyed what you *did* do so much that I can hardly complain at all :) It seems... worryingly realistic.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-73521053296152640522015-10-16T03:09:27.078-07:002015-10-16T03:09:27.078-07:00They do say that no plan ever survives first conta...They do say that no plan ever survives first contact with the enemy. Not that the StrongStart group are your enemies at all... you know what I mean :) I can quite see how the horses would be popular though, and picking corn sounds like kind of fun; cracking walnuts and eating them sounds much more fun to me though.<br />I love the image of the neon scarlet halo hovering over the new kid! I never seemed to end up going up a school with my friends though (we had infant, junior and secondary schools) so I've been the new kid a few too many times for my liking. I sympathise with your narrator, deeply. And yeah, being the new guy at work is nothing like it!<br /><br /><b>The new kid</b><br />"No Geoffrey?" Paul had been poking his head round every door in the house and now Julie knew what he'd been looking for.<br />"I sent him back," she said. The kettle started to boil and turned itself off with a little thunk.<br />"What? Why? We'd only had him six days!"<br />"It wasn't working out," she said. "I wanted to send him back before he started to get settled."<br />"What do you mean? He liked sports – he supports the Blue Jays! – he came running with me in the mornings and he was letting me teach him how to play chess. What's not to like?"<br />"Well," Julie started pouring water into mugs to hide her discomfort. "Well, he didn't dress very well."<br />"You could take him shopping."<br />"He didn't wear clothes very well!"<br />"That'd change now he's started running with me. He'll fill out in no time!"<br />Julie slammed the kettle down. "Fine. If you must know, he was getting on better with you than with me. So I got rid of him and we're getting a new kid. A girl. One you can't steal away from me."<br />Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com