Another crazy week with
record low temperatures for August. I'm talking wear a jacket because it dipped
into the low forties at night. This week we're supposed to be back up in the
mid to high nineties. Weather is wild.
Seriously jammed
with work projects right now and I love being busy. I'm at the point where I'd
love to have another four hours added to each day, so I don't feel like there
aren't enough hours in the day. Also had to figure out a few things for my daughter's
grad school, like how to drop a class and add a new one before the semester
starts, which is Monday. As mentioned last week, she was in Ontario Canada for
a theater festival and didn't have a lot of downtime. The good news is, she's
set to go. Yay!
I didn't have a lot
of viewing time this week. The verdict on my car is still out and that's been
hovering in the back of my mind and distracting me. My work projects also need
my full attention.
I did get to watch
an episode of Elementary and ended up enjoying it. I skipped the one
that I struggled to get through. I'd rather have forward momentum than get
stuck and drop the show.
And that's pretty
much it for the life update this week. Tonight's post is from Under the
Impression, a novella where the characters come together once they get past
some false impressions.
Here's the
miniblurb:
Gris Ravenswood, owner of the hot night spot,
Impressions, has it bad for his lead bartender, Kari Dans, but she's in a casual
relationship with a semi-pro golfer. When Kari imbibes too much at an after
party and puts the moves on Gris, he thinks he's finally got a chance … until
Kari receives a text and runs off to be with the guy who always leaves her
behind.
And a snippety peek…
Kari wiped the bar down on Friday
night. "Man, busy week." The steady growth thrilled her.
Gris had turned Impressions into a
happening spot. The Thursday night crowd almost matched Friday's. He'd taken
her suggestion to add a dart league and it turned out to be a hit with the
customers. And brought patrons in on a night that used to be hit or miss.
Her lips curved. "Gris should
join one of the teams." The man had skill.
She'd arrived just after he had the
boards installed and he'd taken a trial run. He had excellent form … not that
she actually knew much about what amounted to good form. What she did know? His
biceps were amazing. And his forearms. And, quite frankly, his ass.
She blinked and shook her head.
"Geez, Kari, chill." Okay, she found the man very attractive.
But she tried to steer clear of
workplace romances. Besides, she had a guy she enjoyed a lot. Even if Gris seemed
to find Bernie lacking. The crack about what her boyfriend did on the weekends
came from nowhere. Then again, she really didn't know what Bernie did Friday
through Sunday. She assumed he played practice rounds to prep for his
tournaments during the week. Didn't matter. She didn't mind only seeing him two
or sometimes three days a week.
She liked being casually committed
and staying monogamous. She enjoyed doing her own thing without having to clear
her schedule to accommodate anyone else. Not that she wouldn't if she ever fell
hard for the right guy. Maybe that would be Bernie, but they definitely weren't
there yet.
She rinsed the cleaning cloth and
hung it on the rack to dry. Grabbing her inventory checklist, she scanned
through the items and marked what the bartender would need for the opening
shift tomorrow. After removing the list, she thought about taking it into
Gris's office—the light showing through the crack of the door showed he hadn't
left yet.
She shook her head. "Nah. I'll
leave it on the bar in case he had one of the bar backs handle the
restocking." Too many visual images of her boss were still running through
her mind.
Putting her jacket on, she headed
for the rear exit and her car. Two more days and she'd Bernie again…
She couldn't wait.
Right?
I like having a
heroine who thinks she has it all together but learns the hard way she doesn't.
That's it for this
week. Happy reading!
Skylin
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