Word of the Day Sunday, January 10, 2010
onus
\OH-nuhs\ , noun;
1. A burden; an obligation; a disagreeable necessity.
2. a: A stigma. b: Blame.
3. The burden of proof.
She rubbed her fingers deeply into the middle of her forehead and scrunched her eyes shut as she often did when tired or under immense stress. This situation would definitely fall into the stress category.
The orange pee-chee folder in front of her shone like a beacon of obligation and duty. Or maybe the bright orange of hazard signs. She cautiously flipped it open with one finger having semi-convinced herself that bio-hazard material might be in there. Nope, just the usual pamphlets and fliers.
She felt her hand creeping back up towards her forehead.
"Stop! Stop rubbing your goddamn face! People do this all the time, it is normal, some people even look forward to this!" she scolded herself internally. "Just pull the first flier out."
She willed the hand, now fiddling with her left earring, down to the flier and flipped the page open. The onus of the endeavor washed up against her with the force of a coastal storm surf as she looked down at the brightly colored, glossy cookie sheet.
"Lord help me," she whispered out-loud to herself, hoping the other mothers hadn't over heard her plea.
The Girl Scout cookie sale season had started.
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