Taking a few days....
Posted on Mon Apr 22nd, 2019 @ 10:22pm by Splendora Sage
681 words; about a 3 minute read
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Splendora sat down in her office chair feeling as if she was a thousand years old. She picked up her mug of peppermint tea, an old favourite when everything from her hands to her feet to her heart hurt.
She sighed deeply as if lost in a world that she could not overcome. "Personal log begin."
The PADD before her chirped.
"Today was brutal....at least this morning. I met Nivar early at 0400 hours on the promenade. We must have run for hours all around the station. He hall but had me climbing walls. I was so exhausted by the time we finished that I thought I was going to die. Everything hurt. He said I did well although he never told me what he was looking for."
She smiled, "He is one sneaky man though. He got me to tell him about what I have been feeling and the sickness that follows my shows of strength. I think he was frustrated when I told him that I could fight... like on Cardassia or in the holodeck with Roebuck but didn't know how I could pull the right moves."
She leaned her head back on the chair and closed her eyes. “I can’t wait to see what he has planned tomorrow. At this rate I won’t be able to move. I’ve never been one for exercise… I do the minimum but this was ridiculous. By the time we finished it was 0700. I came straight to work, opened the shop and started my appointments.”
She paused to drink her tea. “I can’t quite put my finger on it but since the episodes of strength and the sickness after I feel like I have changed a little like I’m not myself yet I am. It’s rather difficult to explain. Either way I learned more about what’s happening to me and I can tell you I’m not happy.”
She thought a moment. “On another note I tried to see Tom this morning but no visitors allowed. I can’t believe he got in the fight on the promenade…. No wait yes I can. This is the man he believes is responsible for the loss of the woman he loves. The scuttlebutt is that he and Mr. Macloud are in the same sell. I hated seeing him like that the other day.”
Sighing she rubbed the bridge of her nose feeling a migraine coming on. “The day has just begun and I feel like turning in.” She thought a moment. “Well I do own the place. I think I’ll play hooky today. I’ll have the rest of my appointments cancelled and I think I’ll just go home today and rest. I need to pick up a few things and I need to do some thinking. The last…few days I have been feeling out of sorts and stressed out and … sad. I think I need a day…hell I might take two. I have a good team and the business runs itself. To be honest I’ve got enough flexibility to take three days to myself but two will do.”
She stood and paced the small office. “It’s decided I’ll play hooky. I’m taking time to myself because if I’m this tired tomorrow when I finish meeting with Nivar and if he has me running and doing jumping jacks like some high school gym class I need to rest and recuperate after. I’m not as young as I once was.” She laughed, “Alright End recording.”
The PADD chirped again signaling the closing of the recording. Splendora hurried outside let the assistant know to cancel and move her appointments and then left instruction for the rest of the staff. She headed out of the center. Her first stop would be her quarters for a nap and then she had a few things that she wanted to get done. It would be a long day today and she knew exactly how she wanted to spend the rest of it.
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