20 questions..

OK, a few more than twenty.
Shayla came across this on sarina's site. The questions are personal, sometimes funny, sometimes sad. They don't have a thing to do with being Gorean. But they sure unfold a lot about a person.

Here are shayla's answers......

Have you ever...?

snuck out of the house - No, shayla's father never cared when she went out so she didn't have to sneak.
gotten lost in your city - No. She may not have known precisely where she was, but she's never been lost.
seen a shooting star - Yes. Wished on it, the wish came true, though not precisely the way shayla'd have hoped. But it worked out for the best anyhow.
been to any other countries besides Canada - Never even been to Canada
had a serious surgery - Does having your tubes tied count?
gone out in public in your pajamas - Only if going out to check the mail counts as 'public'
kissed a stranger - Yes, it was fun.
hugged a stranger - Yes, was the prelude to the kiss
been in a fist fight - Never, nor any other type of fight
been arrested - No, shayla's notoriously claustrophobic. Being in handcuffs'd make her panic.
laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose - Yes, years ago. Thanks for reminding her how much it hurts.
pushed all the buttons on an elevator - No. With shayla's luck, she'd have caused a problem & gotten the damned thing stuck. Claustrophobic, remember?
swore at your parents - Yes.
been in love - Many times, in many different ways
been close to love - All the time
been to a casino - Yes, Walked out with the same amount of money that shayla walked in with.
been skydiving - Shayla prescribes to her father's philosophy on that activity. Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?
skinny dipped - No, but shayla's wanted to. Must work on that.
skipped school - Never. School was too entertaining to skip
seen a therapist - Yes
done the splits - almost, had about 35 degrees to go. Strangely enough it hurt more to put shayla's legs back together again than to get them in to that 145 degree angle.
played spin the bottle - No
gotten stitches - No
drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour - Why drink it that fast?
bitten someone - Only during sex. Can't do it now, 'cause shayla'd get in trouble.
been to Niagara Falls - No
gotten the chicken pox - Yes, when shayla was 4
kissed a member of the opposite sex - What kind of question is that? How can a person get to their 30's without kissing a member of the opposite sex?
crashed into a friend's car - No. Nor any stranger's car
been to Japan - No, but it'd be nice
ridden in a taxi - Yes
been dumped - Yes, more than shayla would like to think about
shoplifted - Never, the very notion is unthinkable, not even when shayla was young.
been fired - Yes, was working in a fast-food joint. Got fired for the cash drawer being $0.10 over. Shayla had fun with that exit interview.
had a crush on someone of the same sex - No
had feelings for someone who didn't have them back - Yes
gone on a blind date - No
lied to a friend - No, not that shayla can recall
had a crush on a teacher - Yes. Mr Shaw in high school. Taught psychology & also the long distance track coach.
celebrated Mardi-Gras in new Orleans - No
been to Europe - No
slept with a co-worker - Yes. Thankfully we didn't let it interfere with the working relationship.
been married - Yes
gotten divorced - Yes
had children - Yes
seen someone die - Yes. A lady in the nursing home shayla worked in. She'd been holding on for about 4 days, very near death, but not passing. Shayla sat with her a moment, held her hand, and told her that it was ok, her family was ready, she could let go. A few minutes later the lady passed away. A very peaceful passing. A very strange, sad experience. Shayla'll never forget it.
been to Africa - Yes
driven over 400 miles in one day - Yes.
been to Mexico - No
been to India - No
been on a plane - Yes. Love it. And no, shayla did not jump out. Until it was on the ground, that is.
seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show - Yes, wasn't impressed, though. And the accompanying rituals that the audience participates in are bizzarre. Toast, toast!!!
thrown up in a bar - No. Shayla doesn't get drunk enough to make herself nauseous.
purposely set a part of myself on fire - Why on earth would anyone want to do that? No
eaten sushi - Yes, Master had her try some once. Surprisingly enough it's not bad.
been skiing/snowboarding - Once. Fell 8 times, never set foot off the bunny slope. Was sore as hell for 2 days afterwards. Loved every minute of it.
met someone in person from the internet - Yes
gone to college/university - Yes
graduated college/university - No.
fired a gun - Yes. Hit what she aimed at? No
purposely hurt yourself - No. Though to be honest, she came close a time or two.
taken painkillers - Ah, does aspirin or Midol count?
been intimate with someone of the same gender - yes

shayla

Lost

The other day shayla & karen were finishing up our walk. We'd done our exercises beforehand so we were almost done. It was hot, still, and just a bit humid. We'd taken an alternate route, much to karen's enjoyment. One of the good things about the way we walked that day is the water fountain, just at the half-way point of our hour's walk. Shayla always makes sure to douse her face & neck areas with it when she comes to it.

As we began to pass one of the nearby schools shayla felt a soft bump hit the back of her foot. And here's this dirty, fuzzy, brown/black/white puppy, no bigger than shayla's two hands together. And very friendly, the little bugger kept licking shayla's neck the whole time she was being held. No collar, nobody nearby, quite obviously it'd been lost for a day or two. Further investigation proved it to be female. Karen & shayla being the girls that we are, of course, took to the pup immediately.

Leaving it there on the street would have been totally out of the question. As small as the pup was she would have been flattened in an instant if she'd wandered out into the road. And the results would have been predictable if the pup stumbled across one of the local raccoons or skunks. So what to do with the little scruff-ball?

Leave it there to be injured?
No way.

Take it home & beg Master to let us keep it?
Bad idea. In a household with cats? He'd have been Very Displeased at very suggestion. Not to mention that shayla's not got a clue how to properly train a dog. Shayla's a poor one at figuring out what breeds a mixed dog is, but she could tell that the pup would grow to be a large dog when she reached full growth.

Take it home so that we could later take it to an animal shelter?
Oh, it was tempting, awfully tempting. But Master'd worked late the previous night, & was still sleeping. Shayla didn't dare wake him up by bringing a stray puppy home & promising to take it to the nearby pound as soon as possible. That would have been almost as bad as begging to keep it.

So there was only one thing to do. Shayla's work wasn't too far away, and shayla's boss is an animal lover. Karen stayed in the public area while shayla brought the pup into the office. Carmen, shayla's supervisor, took right to it. There was a toss-up over who at work would be able to take the pup, Carmen, or one of shayla's co-workers. So we left the pup there while Carmen and Sheila worked it out.

Shayla checked back with Carmen a few hours later. The pup'd been fed & watered. Very well-fed, Carmen said she'd not seen a dog eat like that before. And happily ensconsed at Carmen's feet on an old shirt of hers, it had been sleeping for the past two hours. It turned out that Carmen would take the pup home for her 15-year old son, who's been wanting a dog anyway.

The rest of the day seemed to go very good for shayla. It's nice how one small kindness done seems to make the rest of the day seem that much better for a person.

shayla

Chain

Since the first few conversations Master and shayla have had, she's known that Master has planned on having more than one girl. He's not been in any great hurry, though. It's been a very interesting 7 months for both Master and shayla. Though our relationship has developed and become much deeper, committed, and closer than either of us had ever dreamed. He's still wanted a second girl. to share in the housework, be company and friend to shayla, help in serving his wishes.

He's spoken to a number of girls, from various places. But karen's visit settled it in his head, and he collared her to him this week. She's the original southern girl, in many ways extremely similar to shayla when she first got to Master's. Uncertain of herself, how to comport herself, very new to it all. As with shayla, this is her first Master. So far he's been very easy with her. She's been learning, though. Yesterday she went back to her old home to wrap up a few things, and will be back at the end of the week. Then, Master says, he'll come down on her 'like a sack of hammers', much like he did with shayla when she first arrived.

Already it's been an adjustment for shayla. She finds herself wondering how she'll handle this in the long run, how well she and karen will get along, how will we be with each other and Master? So far it's been both harder and easier than what shayla would have anticipated. Especially at first, she was worried about how karen's being here would affect Master's feelings for and managing of shayla. She'd not go so far as to say jealous, simply uncertain of her standing with her Owner with this new addition in the house. But he handled that concern with his usual practical manner. No, he didn't punish her, as she'd done nothing wrong. Simply let her know in no uncertain terms that she's got absolutely nothing to worry about.

This adapting to a second girl in the house has been both easy and difficult. For once shayla's able to not have to do much housework when she is done at her job. There's someone to talk to when Master's not around. But then there's the inevitable...she'll not say clash...adjustment, of another woman's way of doing things, laundry, dishes, that sort of thing. Though karen's been making the effort to do things as they've normally been done here. Master has been letting us work out things on our own. Who does what when & so forth. Shayla believes that so long as we keep him un-involved in how we work around and with each other, and there's no interference in our service to him or maintaining the house, he's happy. And already we're learning to work with each other. Though shayla'll not consider how he'd react were we to bring a disagreement to him. We've already had that talk, karen & shayla, both of us promising the other that we'd do everything in our power to avoid that eventuality when the inevitable disagreements occur.

For shayla, there's a surprising feel of identifying with karen in all this. She's just like shayla was when she got here 7 months ago. First Master, very sincere in wanting to serve, only having little to no idea how to go about it. How to react to him, behave, some of the unique things about serving Master. Only shayla didn't have anyone to guide her, help her keep in mind some of Master's peculiarities.


The interesting thing is what having karen around is doing for shayla and her assertiveness. Normally shayla has been a little withdrawn with her Master. That's not saying she's not been transparent, or fully honest. But her sense of humor, playfulness, that sort of thing, she reflexively kept in check until karen came into the house. She's noted a difference in herself since then, bolder, even, and even Master's commented on it. Though he's nixed us on the idea of drizzling lotion on him while we give him a massage. Shayla's not certain what triggered that move; it was either the feeling of cold lotion hitting his skin, or the smiley face shayla put on his ass the other night. We've not had a chance to execute some of our other ideas for him as yet, though. Timing is everything, y'know. *G*

shayla