Previously
If she knew that maniac, and she did, all too well, there'd be a bovine in the house before week's end. Perhaps month's end if he waited for her to forget this little conversation.
She narrowed her eyes and took a deep mouthful of freshly brewed coffee. There would be no forgetting.
Part One - It All Began With a Knitting Needle - prompt: knitting needle
Part Two - Coffee is Required - prompt: coffee mug
The trusty desk calendar upon the counter beckoned her over. Cradling the coffee mug in both hands, Jenny indulged in one last mouthful of the delicious elixir and carefully placed it in the centre of the table where no mishaps could happen to it, then grabbed a big black marker.
"No cow."
"No cow."
"NO. COW."
She jotted the same two words into every square of every month for the entire year of the calendar until it was completely filled in.
There would be no possible way she could forget now. It wouldn't stop Joey from purchasing a cow but it would stop her from forgetting. She would not be taken by surprise. Unless it arrived at three in the morning and he paraded into her bedroom riding it while wearing a purple pimp hat, or something. She smirked.
Flipping back through the calendar pages, Jenny returned it to the current month and day and paused.
Written in her neat handwriting, tidily jotted above the hastily scrawled, "No cow," was an interview for half an hour from now. She was still in her pyjamas. Her hair was unbrushed. She had a coffee mustache!
"Oh, crap," she yelped and leapt for the bathroom.
She had to hurry. With any luck, this interview was her ticket out of living with this ginger madman and it was imperative she aced it.
Imperative.
Hullo! It's Day 808 of @mariannewest's five-minute #freewrite challenge! The prompt for today is -- desk calendar -- and this is what I came up with before the eggtimer website beeped at me, give a few extra minutes for a quick tidy up.
You can find today's challenge at the following link:
@mariannewest/day-808-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-desk-calendar
Today's header image is CC0 and courtesy of Pixabay.