Author: Lila

Do you prefer to dance with no one watching, with a group of friends, or with one special partner?

I am not a particularly good dancer. I  never have been. I don’t have a really good sense of rhythm. My parents never made me take dance lessons; in fact I went to one “to see if I liked it” and I didn’t –I think I spent a total of 15 minutes; the entire time sulking. I’m actually quite self-conscious about my dancing. I do love to “boogie” around the house when no one is home while I listen to Spotify and do chores. I am sure it’s quite the sight to behold. I do love it when I can slow dance with my husband. That’s a super rare occurrence. I think in the last 6 years of our married life we have maybe slow danced maybe four times. When I was younger and actually went “clubbing” or as my husband likes to say in my “bar star days” (which he seems to believe were much wilder than they actually were) I did dance a bit with my friends. Whenever my friends and I were out I tended to simply stand in the corner with a drink in hand because it really wasn’t my thing. I mean if I was drunk enough or rather once everyone else was drunk enough and paid me little attention I would cut loose a bit more on the dance floor.

What about you?

From Piccadilly‘s 200 Writing Prompts

Write about the weirdest job you have ever had.

I haven’t had many jobs. I was a Sickbay worker on a cadet camp base. I was a parts picker and packer at Ford. I worked one night as a hostess at an ABC Country Restaurant. I worked one day picking ice cream at a Nestle warehouse. Then of course I’ve been a teacher for the last 14 years and I run a business with my husband. Although in terms of the business he really does all the work, or at least 90%. I don’t classify any of my jobs as the “weirdest.” Obviously, since I didn’t last more than a day at two of them –I really didn’t like them. I mean there have been weird days or weird moments but no job has been the “weirdest.” For example, there have been “interesting” ailments to deal with. There have been “quirky” bosses. There have been “wacky” co-workers. And having to wear a full on snowsuit in indoors was pretty odd (necessary but odd). The kids that we teach are wonderful, special not too mention hilarious; they make everyday amazing and weird.

What about you?

From Piccadilly‘s 200 Writing Prompts

Describe, in a creative way, how you feel when you have a head cold.

I feel like a DRAGON!

Drained and discombobulated.
Red nosed.
Anxious because I may have to book a sub and that is so much more work and so much worse than being sick.
Gross!
Overtired and therefore extremely ornery.
Needing lots of naps.

I feel like a DRAGON!

What about you?

From Piccadilly‘s 200 Writing Prompts