writing doodle - day 2 total word count: 288

Author's note: I thought I'd get this out of the way ... sometimes the carrot has to come before the stick.

NNNM nominees welcome.

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Old Hallmark and long distance commercials used to be about love, connection, and that special something.  My life is much easier.  My current love connection was made over fast food hamburgers in my car on the way to a shelter to find out if Jesse's Girl had been micro-chipped.  I don't indulge in junk food often, but there was no telling the last time the dog had been fed and the only food I had in the house was coffee and Ramen noodles. Despite my lack of experience with pets, even I know that protein is king, and evidently grease is the crowning glory of the king.

No sooner had I pulled into the drive through than she took the short leap across the console, into my arms, and stuck her nose out the window.   Enthusiastic?  Not at all. The little thing licked the window, my nose, back to the window.

I returned her to the backseat before I lowered the window to pay for our order.  No sooner had I put the car into drive, than she was back in the front, nose in bag.  I found and headed for the first shady parking spot I could find, put the car in park, and opened the bag for my companion.  

"Let's see, one kid's burger, hold the condiments," I said.  "That must be yours. The two bacon cheeseburgers are mine." I dipped my hand into the bag and withdrew her burger, folded back the paper, and pinched a small amount of burger from the whole.  

She didn't so much eat as inhale.  Neither my vacuum nor ex-girlfriend could match her sucking ability.  The second attempt executed identically left me counting fingers.  Poor thing must have been starving.

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total word count 288
yes this is a slow start - but progress will be made in the morning, promise.