Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – “Day/Week/Month/Year”

It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday again, and I just got a Prime delivery. I finally got Lucy and Twiggy to calm down, so it’s time to open the box. There’s a note from Linda Hill. here’s what it says.

“Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “day/week/month/year.” Use one, use them all, use them any way you’d like. Enjoy!”

If you would like to join this enjoyment, visit Linda’s blog and find out how. I have to warn you. It is very easy. Here is the link.

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS March 13, 2021

Day/Week/Month/Year by John W. Howell © 2021

“You look pretty happy today.”

“I am. I just got the Saturday prompt.”

“Of course, you did, and it’s easy right?”

“All I have to do is write about the day, or week, or month, or year, or all of them.”

“Better get started if you’re going to do them all.”

“What do you mean?”

“A year is a long time.”

“I can’t write about the whole year.”

“Sure you can. Boil it down to the basics.”

“Like how?”

“Mask up, wash hands, stay home.”

“That does pretty much does summarize the year.”

“Try the month.”

“Don’t know where to start.”

“Come on. It’s easy. Mask up, wash hands, stay home, try to find a vaccine shot.”

“You nailed it. How about the week?”

“Mask up, wash hands, go drinking with a bunch of infected losers, and look forward to your COVID relief check.”

“Not bad. The day?”

“Mask up, wash hands and give me a beer from your fridge after you wipe it down with a disinfectant wipe.”

“You are a genius.”

“What are you waiting for?”

 

65 comments

  1. Gwen M. Plano · ·

    I couldn’t help but chuckle, even though the circumstance is not chuckle-worthy. Thanks for magically putting it all together and offering perspective through a simple story. Brilliant, John. 😊

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    1. Thank you, Gwen. Sometimes perspectives can alter the way we handle things. I would hope folks look beyond the details and realize we have many blessings. 😁

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  2. Well done, John. Happy Saturday!

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    1. Happy Saturday to you, Jill *sung to the tune of The Letter by Joe Cocker. 🤗

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  3. Yup, even the beer bottle gets disinfected!!
    Good job, John.

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    1. Thanks, GP. 😁

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  4. It’s good we have a sense of humor to get us through these days, weeks, months and years, John. Nicely done.

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    1. Thank you , Dan. I think sometimes it is good to trivialize troubles. See you ar the bar. 😁

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      1. If we can’t make them go away, we might as well laugh.

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      2. Excellent point. 😁

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  5. […] “Is one of them, ‘what will you be drinking?’ Because my answer to that is John Howell’s Bourbon.” […]

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    1. Thaks for the link, Dan

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    1. Thank you, Liz.

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      1. You’re welcome, John.

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  6. That just about sums it up, doesn’t it?
    Happy Saturday to you!

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    1. Thank you, Dale. 😁Happy Saturday to you.

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      1. Thank you! It’s a cold one… sigh.

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      2. You’ll love that it will be 79 here today.

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      3. Enjoy it! I’ll just add a couple of layers for today’s walk 😉

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      4. There you go. I’ll take a few off for the bike ride.

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      5. Haha! Bigger!

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      6. *bugger

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  7. Twitter account ‘goofed up’…have a new laptop AND A ‘PITA’ – HARRIED, CONFUSED, & MIGHT HAVE TO REVERT TO SPOUSAL ABUSE…JUST KIDDING!
    Liked you ‘D/W/M/Y’, but it almost made it into my “PITA’!!!

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    1. Hahaha. Thanks, Billy Ray. 😁 Glad I missed the PITA. (What is it anyway?)

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  8. Love it. 😅 Clever!

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    1. Thank you, Gloria. 😁

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  9. These may be a wee bit predictable. And I like them. Including the ‘well what are you waiting for…’

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    1. A good line to force an exit.

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  10. “go drinking with a bunch of infected losers…” LOL, John, that cracked me up. Stay clear of the bars and keep washing your hands! Maybe in another year, we can all look back and kind of laugh.

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    1. Thank you Mary. You are the only one to comment on that line. It was my favorite. Yes we will look back and laugh.

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  11. Yup! That about says it all! Thanks for helping us maintain our sense of humor, my friend.😊

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  12. D.L. Finn, Author · ·

    That about sums it up, John:)

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    1. Yes it does, Denise. 🤣

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  13. Sums it up very well!! Rise & repeat! Looking to get off this weird merry go round.

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    1. Yup. Rinse and repeat. I like that. Thanks, Jill.

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  14. Love this, John! Thanks for the smiles and lightheartedness during these trying times.

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    1. You are welcome, Lauren. Gotta keep laughing

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  15. Lol! That pretty much sums it all up.

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    1. It does, Jan. Thanks.

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  16. Having a Dragon’s Blood Stout as I read blogs this evening.

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    1. Cloven hoof or Loowit brewing?

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      1. Sorry, Dragon’s Milk by New Holland.

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      2. Ah, okay then. 11% ABV Bourbon barrel. What’s not to like

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      3. Guess I’d already had too much on my first comment.

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  17. That about sums up the days, weeks, and month of 2020. I’m looking forward to enough people having had Covid-19 and survived and those that haven’t getting the vaccine so we can get on with life sans masks! I miss faces!

    In the meantime like you I’m counting my blessings. There are many.

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    1. Thank you, Deborah. There are many.

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  18. You forgot throw the television out the window….

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    1. I should go back and do that. 🤣

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  19. I love how you added to each one, especially finding a shot, infected losers, and relief check. And of course beer. Well done, John!

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    1. thank you, Jennie. Glad you liked it. 😁

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