{"id":359,"date":"2016-11-09T21:30:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T21:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darncats.ca\/wordpress\/?p=359"},"modified":"2019-12-30T03:47:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T03:47:25","slug":"jeanette-chapter-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/2016\/11\/09\/jeanette-chapter-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeanette, Chapter 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh Barf<\/h4>\n

I awoke relatively early this morning, and remembered I had invented a simray. \u00a0Steve, the SimRay. \u00a0This was a fairly important event, I think. On Friday, I’d added that “transform” setting, so thought I’d try it out on my bed.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_12-31-07-pm\"Say… that’s a *much* nicer bed than it was earlier. That thing must be worth more than all the money I have in the world currently! \u00a0I bet I could sell it and buy a kitchen. \u00a0Oh, but it’s so much more comfortable than it was. \u00a0I’ll think about it.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_1-39-25-pm\"Nobody opened a breakfast place in the time since yesterday afternoon, so I returned to the Pelican, where grumpy Mr Kim led me to this table out over the pool. \u00a0I couldn’t decide what I wanted this early in the morning, so I settled for a cup of coffee and a bowl of clam chowder.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_1-41-11-pm\"I know what you’re thinking. \u00a0Clam chowder for breakfast? \u00a0And if I was going to just have chowder, why didn’t I go back to the Chowder House? \u00a0I’ll tell you why; Bacon. \u00a0The Pelican’s clam chowder is full of bacon. \u00a0Bacon, cream, potatoes, and clams. \u00a0That’s practically breakfast food anyway.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_1-42-48-pm\"But for some reason, one of the waitresses collected all the dirty dishes, and left them on my table, and on the floor beside me. \u00a0No, seriously; a big pile of dirty dishes, stinking up my breakfast.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_1-43-13-pm\"Luckily, her co-worker came running over and cleaned them up, apologizing for the other’s incompetence. \u00a0I asked if the other waitress’ name was Meagan and laughed. \u00a0The waitress asked me to leave.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_1-46-00-pm\"<\/p>\n

I took a stroll over the the Chess Park (!), and had a few games with Katie, a woman I’d met at the library yesterday. She seems nice, married, with a small child, and a love of chess.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_1-46-58-pm\"We played for a few hours, until I received a phone call from Caitlyn, who invited me down to the gym for a workout.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-02-52-pm\"Caitlyn met me at the gym, and we headed in.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-04-48-pm\"The workout felt great. \u00a0Caitlyn coached me through a few things, then went off to the punching bags. \u00a0I stayed at the machine for a bit, until …<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-05-13-pm\"… something just didn’t feel right. \u00a0I was pretty sure I was about to throw up. \u00a0Something about that breakfast chowder wasn’t sitting right.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-05-44-pm\"I called the restaurant right away, letting them know that the chowder might have gone off. \u00a0They assured me that everything was fine, nobody else was sick, and they were refunding the cost of my meal and another $300 to keep quiet. \u00a0I should drink plenty of water.<\/p>\n

“Just because! \u00a0It’s a great idea. \u00a0Drink plenty of water. \u00a0Everyone should. \u00a0But especially you right now. \u00a0 Feel better! \u00a0Ah! \u00a0But not for anything our restaurant or its employees did. \u00a0HAVEANICEDAYThankyouforcalling.” <click><\/p>\n

Well, great. \u00a0Just as long as I don’t …<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-09-29-pm-2\"Great.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-09-50-pm\"Well, that certainly wasn’t pleasant. \u00a0I cleaned myself up, and felt quite a bit better after … letting it all out. \u00a0I may just survive this.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-13-49-pm\"Out in the hallway, I bumped into a nice man who introduced himself as Bob … something-or-other. \u00a0We had a great chat about the gym, and its patrons. I bragged a bit about surviving food poisoning, and he seemed honestly impressed.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-14-31-pm\"Oh, look who it is. \u00a0Meagan.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-15-07-pm\"Hello…. Meagan.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-15-15-pm\"(bitch)<\/p>\n

“What?”<\/p>\n

“Nothing! \u00a0Bench! \u00a0Bob here was telling me about the bench.”<\/p>\n

“Hmf.”<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-45-12-pm\"Hungry again – finally – I took a trip to a local bar where I ran into Nancy Landgraab, who introduced me to … Sam. \u00a0Samuel? \u00a0Samuel Something. \u00a0Anyway, there wasn’t any food available here, so we both – Sam and I – headed off to the Chowder House for dinner.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-49-26-pm\"I ordered the fish and chips (I don’t think I could handle any more chowder), and Sam … Sven? \u00a0Martin? \u00a0… asked for a burger.<\/p>\n

“I’ll have the … sea burger? \u00a0Fish burger? \u00a0What do you call it?”<\/p>\n

“Chicken burger?”<\/p>\n

“Yes! That’s it. \u00a0With fries please.”<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-49-43-pm\"I see the Landgraabs eat here too. \u00a0That’s good to know.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-50-30-pm\"As we waited for our meal, I took a trip to the washroom to freshen up some. I returned, to see that Maxwell, or Samwell or whatever was not there!<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-50-38-pm\"Seriously? I mean, it wasn’t a date or anything, but I did pay for food he hadn’t eaten … did he just grab all the food and take off!?<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-51-14-pm\"Ah. \u00a0No, he’s just outside, chatting up a couple of women. \u00a0Class act, Sam.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-52-21-pm\"The food arrived, and Samwise was actually a decent conversationalist. \u00a0However, it turns out he’s a “entrepreneurial music enthusiast”. \u00a0An unemployed musician. \u00a0Fine. \u00a0Well, the meal was nice anyway, and I haven’t got food poisoning from it yet. \u00a0I said goodnight to my new friend, and thanked him for a nice evening.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_2-57-06-pm\"But, morning comes early, as mornings tend to do, and I really should sleep before Monday begins.<\/p>\n

\"11-07-16_3-04-10-pm\"Damn, this transformed bed is *really* comfy. \u00a0Maybe I’ll sell it tomorrow, but not … not, quite… well, maybe.<\/p>\n

“We’ll see.”<\/p>\n

Aw dammit. \u00a0I forgot to call Georgia.<\/p>\n

chapter 9 …<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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