Plain Jayne
“Before I went to stay with the Burkholders, I seldom ate a morning meal.
Martha had spoiled me with biscuits and hash browns and bright yellow eggs. In her absence I fed on leftovers and cereal.
Since my little dinner party the night before, I’d made a decision. I was going to try to keep the apartment in its post-Amish state.
Along with that, I was going to learn to cook, bake, and quilt. If the Amish could do it, I could do it.
I had to stop myself from clapping my hands over my ears as I sat... at my work computer. Since when was the newsroom so loud? People talking, people working. Brian typed loud. Laura, two cubicles away, was still complaining about her sunburn and the resulting peeling skin on her face.
I jumped when my phone rang. It was Sol, wanting to see me in his office.
In five.
The whole thing felt very familiar.
“Jayne,” Sol said when I walked in. “You look good. Rested.”
I sat down. “Thanks.”
“How are things?”
“Broke up with my boyfriend.”
He winced.MoreLess
Martha had spoiled me with biscuits and hash browns and bright yellow eggs. In her absence I fed on leftovers and cereal.
Since my little dinner party the night before, I’d made a decision. I was going to try to keep the apartment in its post-Amish state.
Along with that, I was going to learn to cook, bake, and quilt. If the Amish could do it, I could do it.
I had to stop myself from clapping my hands over my ears as I sat... at my work computer. Since when was the newsroom so loud? People talking, people working. Brian typed loud. Laura, two cubicles away, was still complaining about her sunburn and the resulting peeling skin on her face.
I jumped when my phone rang. It was Sol, wanting to see me in his office.
In five.
The whole thing felt very familiar.
“Jayne,” Sol said when I walked in. “You look good. Rested.”
I sat down. “Thanks.”
“How are things?”
“Broke up with my boyfriend.”
He winced.MoreLess
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