The move came from a deep impulse but little thought. It had been so long since she'd been in the office, so long since she'd worn new shoes anywhere. While on the zoom call she tried to nonchalantly drape her leg over her knee with a dramatic flourish so as to display - albeit briefly - her beautiful new shoe, a work of art she'd found online. What she hadn't anticipated was the leg cramp triggered by the odd angle that caused her leg to flail outwards, knocking her laptop cattywampus onto the floor, the screen cracked, her zoom meeting frozen.
They really were beautiful shoes. Adding in the price of the new laptop, they were also the most expensive pair she'd ever purchased.
Even so, she did get some satisfaction to hear from her friend that after, the frozen image they had of her was just her "absolutely gorgeous shoe and ankle" while they continued in their meeting.
"So not a complete loss," she thought. Plus the three days it took for her new laptop to be delivered - what might be categorized as sick days in this new online world - were the most relaxing she'd had in months.
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