Student:Faculty Ratio

The student:faculty ratio at Kyle’s college was 1:14. That meant when the Great Shift happened, there was around a 93% chance that he should’ve swapped with another student. How the heck did he end up in the 7% and swap with one of the librarians?

All the odds suggested he’d swap with one of his classmates and stay young. Maybe he could’ve even gotten an upgrade -- go from nerd to jock or something? But, no, this was definitely a step down for him. He was 50 years old! He was getting gray hair! He could feel the way his bones ached! It was all awful!

And for the time being, until they could sort out who was who, he was still having to do her job in the campus library. Maybe this all wouldn’t be so bad if he could just get back to class.

The Desire to Give Up Is Strong This Week

That's all.

Wearing

Linn seemed angry when she approached me the day after our body swap. “What the hell do you think you are doing?” She asked, “I thought we agreed to act our best to be each other until we could swap back.”

“What are you talking about?” I asked. I literally had no clue.

“Nylons? A leather skirt? Have you ever seen me walk around the office wearing anything remotely like that.”

I folded my arms. Was she serious? Everything I was wearing came out of her closet! I had Googled appropriate work clothes for women before getting dressed! I really thought it was fine! I mean, seriously, I did my best while being stuck in her body!

Sleeping Beauty

How long had it been since Konrad had tried to place that curse on that young lady that had backfired horribly? Judging from the layer of dust and dirt on top of him -- several hundred? Maybe a thousand?

And as he became more aware of not just the dirt on it but the body he now had, the more he realized just how badly the curse had backfired. It wasn’t just that the spell had caused him to be the one to fall asleep for an extended period, it had also caused him to be in the woman’s body that whole time.

He tried to think of the upsides. For starters, he hadn’t aged. Next, even though the spell had required a kiss to awaken, that hadn’t seen to be needed in this case. He had woken up all on his own, although in a very unfortunate state.

More Often

I always used to think high heels on women were hot, and I wondered why they didn’t wear them all the time. My perspective on this immediately changed after swapping bodies with one.

After an accident at work, I had become Moon -- an Asian woman with a somewhat frumpy fashion sense. I told myself I’d be ditching her ballet flats for a pair of heels the next day.

I regretted the choice almost instantly, but still not quick enough.

I thought the initial pain would be temporary, that’d I’d adjust to the feeling in no time. By lunch, I felt like my feet were just two gigantic blisters on the end of my legs.

And somehow I understood...no more high heels for me! Of course, just because I came to that realization, it did NOT give me my body back...