For those who don’t know, this is the first day of a writing challenge I agreed to – Write everyday for 10 days. First, that was a stupid idea. Second, I must have been drunk or off my meds or both when I agreed to this challenge.
The instructions for the first day started with “Go for a hike …”. You must not know me or if you do, you hate me. My sisters are having a good laugh with that one word – hike. They’re thinking, “The challenge is dead.”
The rest of that sentence ended with “… until you find a sign that speaks to you.” That is procrastination waiting to happen. I could be hiking for years before I find a sign that speaks to me. For gosh sakes, where do you find a speaking sign? Should I just go to Pinterest and see if something speaks to me there?
Then it hit me, I know where there’s a speaking sign. The sign at the Arby’s drive through.
It speaks to me. It says, “What’ll you have?”
And I say , “Why the one with cheese, of course.”
No hiking involved. Two birds, one stone, booya.
So I headed down to Arby’s and had a sandwich, sans the soda. I can’t have the bubble stuff anymore due to being poisoned.
Soda without the bubbles is just flat. And who wants that?
Ooo, now that’s a hike that speaks to me too!
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Lovely. Take a hike sounded quite nice until the sign showed up in the instructions. But I suppose a sign could be a space where a plant is missing in a garden. Then it would be screaming – “Buy a replacement plant!”
Judy
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There’s a sign from my peace lily: Oops, you did it again. Can you not keep a plant alive?
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Many connotations to “take a hike”!! I like this mental meander you’ve shared … meandering more my mode, too, be it physical or mental.
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Try water
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It’s Memorial Day, and I’m at home. Where am I supposed to find a sign? 😉
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Try pinterest
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Oh! Then I can “cheat” and not have to get out on the road tonight? haha
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This sure looks like writing to me! At least, if you’re singing it, I forgot to plug in my headphones, so I am very sorry to be missing out. 😉 Anyway, as long as you do keep writing each day, you sure will be glad you did. Good job so far!
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With any challenge, I feel like it is important to remind people they have to make it unique to fit who they are, just like you have !
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That’s my kind of hike!
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Great challenge! I vow to the same. Been far too long since I wrote for myself. I write a lot on behalf of my students, but that’s not the kind of writing we do over here. Here to support all the way!
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Good luck with the challenge and thank you for the follow. Cheers!
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Sounds exactly like my sort of hike, i.e. it involves a car and ends with a sandwich, or in my case, a Big Mac and Fries.
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Hike? A short walk maybe. So glad you thought of Arby’s. I haven’t been there for awhile. Don’t know what I’ll do if I get that challenge! 😀
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