“Hey Susie, you want to keep this one,” Randy shouted from behind the laptop at the kitchen table.
Susie muted the tv, shushing the talking head and gave an exasperated shout back, “which one is that?”
This had been going on all morning and she had had enough. It wasn’t fair that she was tortured just because Randy was out of work and bored.
“The one of that bird that flew into your office and crapped all over everything while you tried to get its picture. Remember?”
“Yes,” she sighed. “Gotta keep that one. It cost too much to trash.”
WC: 100
Even though I am not working from home or stuck at home due to the Coronavirus pandemic, many are. And while I feel for them and hope they can get back to work sooner rather than later, I have to imagine that those stuck home with the newly bored are also suffering in their own way and are hoping, even more than I am, that their newly homebound housemates get back to work soon.
#FridayFictioneers is a weekly blog link up hosted by Rochelle over at RochelleWisoff.com, where our gracious host challenges us to fathom a story based on that weeks photo prompt in just 100 words. Thanks Rochelle! You should totally check it out and perhaps try your hand at your very own 100 word story!
Coffee Beans & Writer/Runner Dreams 
Yes, the lockdown is going to put a real strain on many relationships.
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Unfortunately. Thanks for stopping by Neil!
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Dear Russell,
Nothing new in this house. We’re retired. Togetherness. Gotta love it. I could hear these two and I felt her irritation all too well.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle! Glad you guys are doing well.
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Oh the irritation of finding your space invaded. And the “invaders” always feel the need to include you, don’t they?
Excellent take, Russell.
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Thanks Dale! And yes, they do. But sometimes I prefer seclusion to inclusion. If ya know what I mean.
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Oh, biting my nails as I read. Well written.
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Thanks Susan!
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It’s a good time to do a lot of those clearing out jobs – both virtual and physical!
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Ain’t that the truth.
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Great little story. I also wonder how couples who aren’t used to being together 24/7 are coping! I consider myself lucky because my husband and I have always worked and played together, so nothing has changed for us.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Thanks Susan, glad you’re doing well!
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I think there must be a lot of counting to ten going on at the moment, throughout the land. Unfortunately, some aren’t going to get past five and that’s where the problems will be.
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I fear you’re right about that.
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Ah, keeping busy organising all the digital pictures. Well what can you do these days?
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That’s definitely something to do, but I think I’ll pass all the same.
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I am one of those locked in. I should be able to cope with it, but it is horrible. At least I have a garden, it must be hell to be restricted to a small or crowded flat.
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I truly feel for you. Try to be well and take solace in the garden, and hopefully things will be better before we know it.
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Being caged together can be a hard thing
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For sure!
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For homebodies it isn’t staying home that’s the adjustment. For the full-steam-aheaders, it is torture. When the two are “caged together” as Bjorn said, it can be a real test. My oldest son is the homebody and his girlfriend is the FSAer. Both are suffering.
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It’s a forced adjustment for many, and no one really likes forced adjustments to their lives, do they?
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Retirement can put similar strain on even a very happy marriage.
I’n hearing reports of a rise in reports of domestic violence–children being removed from homes, spouses doing physical battle. It’s so sad. Not all of it can be blamed on the virus, though. I think, in America, our political mess has created a huge amount of stress.
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I agree 100%!
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