DISH-PATCH (027): Meredith's Feel Better Aha...

And so it was that Happy Puppy KEE-RA’s human, the Suit-in-Transition MEREDITH came home from the office full of energy. This caught Kee-Ra by surprise, but in a way he was ready.

Let’s follow along to see WHAT. HAPPENS. NEXT. her –The Gang.

Why was Kee-Ra ready?

It just so happened that his pal, RC the GREMLIN gave him the head’s up with advice to be “ALL EARS”.

Got pinged…

FADE IN:

INT. MEREDITH’S HOUSE

Within a flash, Meredith had changed into comfortable workout clothes and was heading towards the front door.

Kee-Ra is eyeing her.

KEE-RA
Walk-feets?

MEREDITH
Yes, and…

She motions and he hops to it.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. WORLD OF JOY

[Reminder that Kee-Ra and Meredith live in a neighborhood referred to as THE WORLD OF JOY where found hound FINN-FINN and his human]

But this time, a slight detour.

KEE-RA
Mama, where we…?

She’s smiling.

KEE-RA
Gotcha!

Kee-Ra follows her lead and they go to a quieter tree-lined street with nice Victorians houses.

MEREDITH
Change of scenery will do us both good as… much to say, I have.

KEE-RA
This is nice.

MEREDITH
Right? Weird how… get so used to taking the same route… to and from work or town or our walk-feets in our hood, that something like this… gets missed.

KEE-RA
So you…?

MEREDITH
Had … an urge to … Well… after WAZE sent me a different way home, I looked around and was like… must walk it. Plus, I think I figured something out and I need to talk through it. Cool?

KEE-RA
Sure Mama! Like I said… All ears!

And so it was that Meredith INSIDE-OUT(ed) her breakthrough by sharing it.

MEREDITH
See these trees?

Kee-Ra looks around.

KEE-RA
Yes Mama… Nice leafy tree-lined street. Very calming, yes?

MEREDITH
My thought too, Buddy.

She nods urging Kee-Ra to explore while she also takes in everything she’s experiencing. When they get to a natural stopping point, Meredith pipes up.

MEREDITH
Made a discovery this week.

KEE-RA
Oh?

MEREDITH
There’s a tree-lined street like this near my work… near the university… accessible easily enough that I can escape there during lunch break.

KEE-RA
Really?

They walk some more.

MEREDITH
Strange how… but there’s something truly …

Words seem to escape her and Kee-Ra nods.

KEE-RA
I get it Mama. You found an oasis… a mid-day Zone to give yourself…

…I get it Mama. You found an oasis…

MEREDITH
Flo-time? I think that’s what our wise friend over the hill calls it. She’s been describing her process… drew it on a napkin… er several napkins… I nodded but… inside I was like… Meh…

Escape the Cave…

KEE-RA
It wasn’t time… You needed… Time.

MEREDITH
Yup. This Workshop helped me to get out of… that Go-GO-GO!! office mentality… to think about… and listen to the challenges of others and then… in those morning musings, I’d scribble down like … stuff I’m working through and get this…

The Workshop…

She sees a bench and motions for Kee-Ra to join her. Then she pulls a memo pad and pen out of her jacket pocket.

MEREDITH
See? This is where I release stuff that’s bubbled up. With limited time, I focus on jotting down thoughts that I can delve into during my morning musings sessions.

Scribble here…

Kee-Ra is nodding with a smile.

KEE-RA
So you found… an oasis AND figured out a way to keep YOUR flo going…

… AND figured out a way to keep YOUR flo going…

MEREDITH
And there’s more…!

He laughs.
KEE-RA
Of course there is. What MORE, Mama?

MEREDITH
There’s a neat garden area close by, so after releasing my bubble-ups, I’ve been checking out what they’re growing… SO different from that stale office environment and then, somehow, I magically return… just as the others are getting back from their lunch break, so the timing works out perfectly.

Lunch-time oasis…

KEE-RA
No stress? You just rolled right in?

MEREDITH
Yeah… I was like… I’ll get there when I get there… I mean… I knew when my next meetings were and … no biggie. I felt… calm.

She puts the memo pad back into her jacket pocket and smiles as she looks off into the distance.

KEE-RA
What you see, Mama?

MEREDITH
Me… Gently tapping the memo pad in my pocket while talking to co-workers about lunch… I … I think… nah… not important.

They keep walking…

KEE-RA
They… noticed?

Meredith smiles and nods.

MEREDITH
Well… one particular engineer mentioned a secret LUNCH SPOT as he thought my new-found afternoon energy came from something I ate…

Then, as in on cue, the sounds of “rumbly-tumbly” simultaneously occurs. She looks at Kee-Ra.

MEREDITH
You know what that means…

KEE-RA
Treats! Whatcha got in mind?

MEREDITH
A surprise. Let’s get back.

KEE-RA
Copy that, Mama!

They pick up the pace and then there’s one final “bubble-up”.

MEREDITH
Can’t wait to… Share with Katie. Maybe… we can do a meetup.

…Maybe… we can do a meetup…

KEE-RA
That would be fun, Mama.

FADE OUT.

That’s a Wrap…

And that’s how the breakthrough flowed. Had it. Shared it. And was hungry for more as that AHA! DING!! feeling took its hold.
Please stay tuned for WHAT. HAPPENS. NEXT…

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