today's work- summer rerun

today's work

fiction
edward w pritchard

to myself

Two saw horses were in the drive way and an old door was stretched across them. Lance had work for the day and he was bustling about Mrs. Winslow's drive, yard and the entrance way to her house. He measured and cut and leveled and stained and beveled and carried and after 7 or eight hours Mrs. Winston inspected and paid. Mrs. Winston was happy and would have Lance back again in the future for small repairs.

Today was a good day for Lance and it was 4:00 and he checked his cell phone for messages. No work yet for tomorrow. Keep the faith something will come up maybe.

Mrs. Winslow paid in cash $175. Lance took twenty dollars for himself and put the rest deep into the pockets of his wallet for materials and to pay his bills. Driving home he stopped at the Wal Mart and bought his four year old daughter a doll from the Disney Company.

Coming out of the Wal Mart, Lance checked his phone again. No messages yet, no work yet for tomorrow. Maybe something will still come up.