When She became He

When I heard that it was back to 'in one ear' mode and enjoyed my coffee, I never let a cup go cold, and nearly dropped the cup, again. She was two streets over, I sat up, regretted that, cold air on my poor nipples, slid back and asked Karen to repeat the address. I knew that street, I even thought I knew the house and filed the info. It was Thursday and if Friday was going to repeat today, well, this weekend. It depended on the cost of the car repair.

I heard the washing machine stop, made my goodbyes fast using that as an excuse. She was a good friend but, and hung up. Just in time for it to ring again. I nearly dropped it, again, it was the garage, only a lose wire and it was on it's way here courtesy of a mechanic who lived close by. No charge if I could drop him home.

Things were looking up but, don't temp fate, another list before I moved, 1 get out of the bath and get dressed, well that was two, but, 2 warm clothes, 3 socks with my walking shoes, my toe still hurt. Not much of a list, I can do this........., and looked at the phone in my hand, 4 and 5 move the phone and coffee cup out of harms way.

I opened the front door and looked for puddles, all clear, patted my keys in my pocket, yep they were right where they should be and thought about making this, my lists, something to do on a regular basis, put a bit of order in my life and not just muddle through. My car glided to a halt. The mechanic was the older of the three I knew worked there and was thankful. One younger ones was known as a boy racer. It would be no trouble dropping him off where ever he lived, the price was right.

Back home, the car in the garage, no problems, the washing in the dryer, no problems, sorting out the mail, the phone account wasn't mine, I had assumed because it was in my box, it was mine, wrong but no problem. Things were looking up and the weekend was looking good, all I had to do was get through Friday, it wasn't even the 13th.

Early morning coffee, perfect, a car park close to the terminal, perfect, train and bus on time, I was waiting for Murphy...