Fresh Water

They were all silent when we pulled up. A good dozen individuals with varying sizes of containers all stood in a row, waiting their turn to grab fresh water from the well. 
"Here?" I asked in an undertone. 
"Here." My dad said solemnly, parking the car, and grabbing two gallon jugs out of the back of the car. "Come on. Get yours too." He moved to join the others in line.
Reluctantly, I took two more jugs from the backseat, silently moving up behind my dad, peering around him to keep an eye on the others. 

-Inspiration from grabbing water from a spring.

Donut Lunch

"Are there anymore donuts left?" I asked quietly, looking at the box sitting on the chair. 
The manager grimaced, immediately looking guilty. "No, they're gone." 
"Oh." I resisted the urge to wrap an arm around my stomach, hoping that the rumbling from there wasn't heard by the manager. I'd gotten one earlier in the morning when the managers had first come in with them. A meager breakfast that I had treasured having not eaten since the day before yesterday. 
I'd had the hope of obtaining another one for my lunch break. A silly hope. 
"Okay." I continued, turning away. I would have nothing for lunch again. That was fine. 
"Are you hungry?" The manager asked. "I'm just about to grab lunch, you want something?" 
I opened my mouth, but hesitated. Unsure of my answer. Yes I wanted lunch. But at this point, until I could get paid...I had no way to pay him back. "I'm fine." I whispered, offering a weak smile. 
His eyes narrowed. "A hamburger then? My treat." 
I blinked taken aback. Huh? Hadn't I just said I was..."Uh...sure." I ducked my head. "If that's okay." 

-Inspiration from work

I had a headache at work today.
Not quite sure why I ended up with it.
Possibly slight stressed involved.
Or tension in the muscles.
A bad dream where I was running from a fire in a house....
*shrugs*

Thankfully some meds and a nap helped to get it gone. 

Me: We should write!
Brain: ……
Me: ….Brain? Write? Let's do the thing.
Brain: Tired.
Me: Huh?
Brain: Tired!
Me: But I gave you a break! We need to start a new writing thing! Finish it!
Brain: TI-R-ED! REST LONGER!!
Me: *exhales* Fine. 

Off

I flicked on the lights.
Or tried to at least.
Up and down up and down.
The lights over my head remained off.
Power outage?
No....I had seen the neightbors next door, they'd had their lights shining in their living room which meant--
I groaned. Leaning my head against the wall, letting my hand drop from the switch.
I'd forgotten the power bill.
Of all the things I needed to pay....I'd forgotten that.
And without a paycheck until next Friday....it looked like I was doomed to be in darkness for a while longer. 

-Inspiration from power being shut off

I'm not surprised I got a headache.
I'd stayed up until 4am the past couple of days working to get a fic finished and posted as it was my due date to have it posted yesterday. 

It also didn't help that I had work this morning.
So I only got a couple of hours of sleep.

Which I somehow managed to function well enough on.
But I knew the headache would come.
I get headaches from too little sleep.
Add the stress of work on top of that...
And it's not a good mixture lol.

It didn't hit until later in the day though.
Thankfully it didn't get bad until later in the evening....
But yah. It's bad enough that I can't focus....
Hopefully it doesn't keep me up all night. But...it is the type of headache to do just that. *exhales* 

Blink Blink

I stared at the screen, my fingers twitching but not pressing any keys. I had to......I had to....what? I slowly blinked, then blinked again, my hazy vision coming into focus as my eyes gained a the faintest of breaks from open air. 
...How long had it been since I last blinked? I raised a shaky hand to scrubbing at my face. I'd been at this for hours. Hours longer than I should have. Why....was it taking so long? 
I exhaled.
Blinked.
Onward. I had to....finish. 

-Inspiration from writing