On a scale of 1 to 10 (where 1 is being asked for your life savings and forking them over so your greatest nemesis can buy a bejeweled Vaseline container, and 10 is asking for whatever you most want in the universe and miraculously getting it), today was a 5.
I hardly gave, hardly got. Barely, barely asked. Ended up right down the middle. Some days are just like that.I did get something without asking -- free jazz club access, since neither Mr. A nor I had cash for the cover charge. The bouncer let us through, and I never had to coax or cajole. So that doesn't count.
But before the show, I asked the hostess at a busy restaurant if we could wait inside -- where there was very little room and it was probably inconvenient for her -- instead of outside, while she got our table ready. Because it was cold!
"Watch, that's going to be what I asked for today. A total non-asking," I joked with Mr. A. "Nah, no worries, I'll come up with something better after dinner..."
And yet, there's nothing else little miss cocky requested, all day. Aimed low and got it.
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I did, however, do a bit of dreaming today. In preparation for my upcoming job hunt, I drafted this advertisement:
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xo,
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