...a funny thing happened on the way from the office..

Occasionally (no, often) something will happen that Master and shayla both laugh about. Like today's little incident.

Shayla'd received a paycheck from her work yesterday, only to forget it on the way out when she got off. No great concern, she'd just pick it up while she was out on her walk this morning.

So, heading back after her exercise, she stops in and picks up the check, slipping it into the pocket of her sweatpants. Upon coming home, she finished her exercises and slipped a load of laundry, including the sweatpants she'd been wearing, into the wash before preparing for her Master's return from an errand (can you see where this is leading?). A mental inventory ran through her head while she washed a dish or two...

'Clothes, dishes, where'd i put that paych..oh, shit, oh crap.'

She ran into the laundry room & opened up the wash mashine. After fishing a bit, she found the sweats she'd put into the laundry, the check still happily ensconsed in the pocket. A still-soaked wad of paper that disentegrated with each touch, unrecognizable as anything useful. She called up her employer & found out the facts to be ready for the next phone call. Master's always one to want the main facts before any details. And was told that this is something that happens all the time, & it's nothing to worry about. The new check'd be reissued in a few days. She thought to herself as she got off the phone, " 'nothing to worry about', sure. *They* don't have a Master to answer to explaining how they washed & ruined his money"

Calls up her Master...'Master, it's shayla'

'What up, girl?'

'Ah, well, she screwed up, Master. Shayla wound up washing her paycheck.' She's saying this with a knot in her belly & throat, hands cold & unsteady, just petrified. As she began giving him the details a muffled sound came from his end of the line. Here she is worried to death that he'll be displeased with her and he's *chuckling* about it.

'Now you... ~chuckle~...now you know why I think kajirae shouldn't handle money' he said. The situation was so laughable shayla couldn't help but laugh with him.

Little moments like that are one of the things she lives for. In an instant it felt as if shayla was at his feet or in his arms, instead of 15 miles away. And some people wonder why she adores him as deeply as she does. If they could understand, they'd not have to ask.

shayla