Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
Friend: You never call me anymore. You should call.
Me: Yeah, having a full time job for the first time in more than a year has definitely fucked with my time budgeting abilities.
Friend: Well, you should call me.
Me: Yeah, I should also finish that article I’ve been working on and clean my house and do the laundry and make it to the gym and—
Friend: No, you’re changing the subject. This isn’t about your articles. This is about ME! ME!!! And you should call ME, ME, ME!!!
Me: Uh, I was just trying to put it in perspective.
Friend: I know, but you should call me.
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, is in bookstores now.
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