Hello to all,
We will celebrate thirty-one years of marital bliss on Wednesday of next week. My favorite quote about marriage comes from a bumper sticker I bought my wife as a newlywed. It reads, “Marriage is finding that one special person you can annoy the rest of your life!”
I have always heard that a manager should never date his employees because it can cause complications. Knowing this, I started dating my subordinate, which led to thirty-one years of complex interactions. There are far worse effects of dating a staff member, but few of them last this long.
We were planning Saturday night festivities one Friday night. A new fresh face just finished her shift as we hammered out the details for an after-work social event among the pizza shop employees. As we completed the last detail, I remembered the new employee eating her dinner before going home. “Hey,” turning my attention to her. “Would you like to join us?”
“I don’t drive,” was her only comment.
“Well, if you can meet us here at closing time tomorrow night, I’ll make sure you make it home.”
Her father dropped her off at eleven, and we finished our closing duties by eleven thirty. Fifteen minutes later, we walked into the honky-tonk bar playing Karaoke music. The awkward dancing, off-key singing, and copious laughter made the time fly by quickly. Then we heard, “Last call for alcohol,” before closing out the club.
Being restaurant people, we were not done with the night and took the party to a little all-night diner around three in the morning. Breakfast, coffee, and more laughter kept the clock spinning like a Whirling-Dervish. The sun broke the horizon when we called it a night. When I dropped her off, Tammy’s father had bacon and eggs on the stove.
Thirty-one years later, I realized the old clock never slowed down. It kept spinning faster and faster. We bought a house, raised a child, and now look forward to our last remaining years together. She called me boss for one year of our marriage. I spent thirty-one years calling her boss.
I am looking for ARC readers for my unpublished book. If you want to read my latest story, The Antidimension, please contact me at dannymac@dannymacauthor.com. I can send you the story in PDF, Epub, or MOBI.
Grace to you,
Danny Mac