Short Script with very little Dialogue that is Meaningless

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In the silence of the the day in the silence of the room, cars can be heard zooming by trying not to miss the light. A woman is whistling a jazz tune to herself and bopping through the room. She grabs a fruit snack bag and opens it up. She sits the bag down on the counter and resumes her whistling.

She grabs the bag from the trash bag that is full to the brim from the kitchen island. Some paper towels spill from the bag as she lifts it out of the trash bin. She places the bag on the floor and leans over to pick up the two paper towels. Still whistling, she ties the tall kitchen bag close.

She picks her right nostril and turns to exit the house. She opens the door and the door and exits, but before she exits she feels that the door nob is in the locked position so she reaches around by twisting her wrist to unlock the door to prevent herself from locking herself out of the house. Still whistling but no longer dancing, she shuts the door and moves toward the trash bin. She lifts the bin up and looks inside. She uses her right hand to lift the bag of trash she has up and tosses it into the bin.

The bin slams shut as she turns away and heads back to the house door. She opens the door and enters and closes the door behind her. A flying insect has entered as well. She goes to the storage closet and grabs a can of flying insect spray and sprays the area. She places the spray back in the closet and grabs a trash bag. She places the trash bag into the tall kitchen trash can. She places the can in the closet and shuts the door.

She starts to whistle again. She enters her living room and begins to type into a word document. The phone rings into her earbuds while she is typing. She tries to answer, but the earbuds with her right hand, but it does not work. 

Woman

"Hello!"

"Can you hear me?"

She reaches back to her couch and picks up the phone that is on the cushion that is attached to the charger.

Woman cont'd

Can you hear me know?

 She connects with the caller.

Caller

Yes I can hear you!

Woman

Oh Good! What's going on, cousin? I'm about to watch this Albert Ayler doc.

Caller

I'll call you back at 5.

Woman

Ok... good. Yeah...

Woman goes back to typing as cars are heard driving by down the street.


END

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