Kid and kid. We're going out next time we have time. I'm getting tired of eating in the same kitchen every day. Fast-food or actual restaurant, it doesn't matter.

The cat got into my ties. Just my luck.

Do I look like an invalid to you--

I'm alive, thanks. Got about a week, give or take, until one cast comes off, and about two or three more for the other. If I haven't been fired, I'll be back to work by the end of the month.

There, happy? Now get that thing out of my face, brat--

[ end voicepost ]

Sometimes I really dislike my job.

Filing those replacement forms is going to be a pain.

This is all so hectic. At least I have a new office, now. Guess I should get my stuff moved into it, huh? Not that there's much to move, but still. The precinct's been nice for the past while. Quiet, almost. I think I can consider this a vacation of sorts ( Read more... )

Sometimes I just don't know about kids. They're impossible to understand, you know? Now I see why some people choose the force or some other career than teaching. No wonder they call parenting a 'big responsibility ( Read more... )

The new year could've started off better. Who believes all that tarot mumbo jumbo anyway? I get a vacation from one terror/stress-source in my life, at least. I really wouldn't mind if it stayed gone, either ( Read more... )

[ It starts off with a click, a faint huff of breath. ]

Stupid kids.

[ A low mutter in the background. A sudden clatter then, as if the phone were slammed onto some surface, hard, rattling. ]

I said get out.

[ The sound of footsteps, the rustle of fabric. A moment of silence, lovely, tense silence, before the rasp and rattle of sudden movement ( Read more... )

That was my office. It is my office. That was ( Read more... )

You know what? Whatever. It's free food anyway.

Drinking by yourself isn't worth much, but it's better than moldering in the apartment all weekend.

I knew I should've at least asked for a phone number.

Hey, kid. Seta or whatever. I know you check these things. C'mon. I want to meet with you.