Turning the "Nearest Book" Meme on Its Head

Kelly at Big A little a passed this meme onto anyone who writes... My brain's fried, so what the hey.

Meme rules:

1. Choose any one of YOUR OWN manuscripts. It can be a picture book, MG novel, an adult novel... It makes no difference.
2. Turn to page 30 of your novel or page 3 if it is a PB.
3. Find the 5th sentence.
4. Post the next 5 sentences of text.
5. Then tag 5 writer friends to do the same.
6. Visit Your Tagged Friends and the Person who Tagged You to read their short excepts.

Here's mine:

Page 30, 5th sentence
I withdraw a couple hundred dollars from my bank account, money previously earmarked for the Red Monster, and nervously smoke a Camel on my way back to Dry Prairie Animal Clinic.

Next 5 sentences
It’s early enough that the lot is still half-full of cars. When I step into the waiting room, the pale, dark-haired receptionist asks, “How may I help you?”

“I’m here to pick up my dog.” My dog. Each time I say the words, the more I like them, the more they sound at home in my mouth.

Turns out the hardest thing about posting even such a small snippet is to not obsessively tweak!

Any more takers out there? (Eliza, perchance?) Leave me a comment, if you decide to join the game...