Writing Prompt - Valet??????

8 am

                Man is my back sore – from shoveling snow! We got maybe 18 inches yesterday and a good part of the day was spent shoveling. And reading. In between the shoveling I was too tired to do anything else so I read. I’m getting close to finishing The Last Parade and to be honest I think I will be glad to finish, though I do like it. Now onto my new idea: prompt writing. I have got a dictionary in front of me, earplugs in my ears to block G’s radio (hs late start day) and a band aid on my left index finger because I have either a cut or a splinter, can’t tell which. So now I will open the dictionary and see what my prompt will be……

Rosette

Hmmmmmmm what does one do with that? Well obviously it makes me think of the fair. I think I will add 2 more words, that’s the way we often do it when friends and I do prompts……..

Swab

Valet

“The valet swabbed the rosette.” There, done with that. Or how about “The valet won a rosette for his fabulous swabbing skills at the annual Servitude Fair.” Or how about “The valet used the gentleman’s Grand Champion Jumper rosette to swab up the vomit.” That last one has some interesting possibilities…. Who’s vomit, the valet’s or the gentleman’s…. well, this is not exactly the idea, but it is kind of fun.

Rosette: definitely the fair and many many fair meetings where all sorts of time is spent figuring out ribbons and trophies.

Swab: sounds medical to me. Makes me think of my major burn experience last year as there was a lot of swab work going on on my hand.

Valet: well, servitude, correctness, proper ladies and proper gentlemen. Properness which is not my forté.  In fact housekeeping and cleanliness are not my fortés either, as my darling daughter could strongly attest. She just asked me nicely to clean the kitchen. Well, she nicely asked when I was going into work and if I had a lot to do before then, and then gently mentioned that the kitchen is a mess. Which it is. I just as gently suggested that she could clean it…… I do like things to be clean and tidy and organized, it’s just that I don’t want to spend my own time keeping them that way. So you see, I need a valet. Or not actually a valet, because their job is to keep up their gentleman’s personal self and appearance. Well, I guess I could use one of those too (I suppose in my case it would be a “Lady’s Maid”). Given that I have not had a haircut since last spring, and I try to put off taking showers as much as possible – partly because I don’t like to take the time, and partly because I want to conserve the energy needed to heat the water. And I honestly believe that our culture puts way too much emphasis on showering every day, washing all clothes after a single wearing, deodorant, cologne, all that. Boy, I am sure coming across as a major slob. I had figured that I would not shower this morning because I intend to run on the treadmill at work and shower after that. I had figured I would do that at about 5, to be all ready for spinning class at 7. But the honest truth is that my hair is quite nasty, so I think I will go run as soon as I get in, and then I won’t be at work all day with nasty hair. Nice of me, eh?

                Well this writing prompt certainly went interesting places. It didn’t become the sort of creative mind space that I was hoping for, but I guess it is what it is.

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