1.6 Informal Promotion

Just like every morning, Sage made her bed promptly and precisely. An orderly home made for an orderly mind, she always said.

Ugh, but how about an odour-ly body? She winced as her own smell hit her nostrils. She tried to avoid bathing at home because of the cheap atrocity of a bathtub occupying her bathroom, but she couldn’t avoid it forever.

I swear, I am going to have that eye sore ripped out someday…

Fresh and clean after a long soak in the tub, Sage felt a bit better. She slowly ate her breakfast, mulling over what she would do at work. The lighting was taken care of, Walter would be handling the curtains today, and the band scheduled to play today had promised to make it on time. She smiled; everything was running smoothly.

Although no official promotion had been announced, Sage couldn’t help but notice that Ms. Lin had begun sending a better car to pick her up in the mornings. Surely that meant something, yes? Perhaps in informal work environments, there were informal promotions, as well…

Promotion or no promotion, the raise in her salary had certainly helped out. Sage had finally been able to afford a new guitar. Sure, she could have bought a second-hand one from the consignment store, but who knew what kind of condition that would be in? No, she needed a new guitar, just for her.

She strummed experimentally on the strings. A sense of calm washed over her as she plucked out a simple tune. She adjusted the strings as she went along on auto-pilot. It had really been too long since she’d last held an instrument.

But that time was no more.

AN: I forgot how little happened to Sage during her initial weeks in Riverview…work, eat, shower… and now with guitar playing!