She who is beautiful had a red letter day today. For the last fifteen years she has worked Saturdays and today was her first official free weekend after the business where she worked closed down. We slept in. Yes, you heard right. We then sauntered out for breakfast, enjoying our mutual freedom, had a second and third cup of coffee, and then mosied on home, only to get on our walking gear and head out for our morning exercise. We walked Fish Trap Creek Park (affectionately known as Goose Poop Loop), met some friends and had a visit, and then headed home. We then took a quick trip to do some Saturday errands and ended up at an Outdoor Store and purchased some comfy lounge chairs with which to enhance our future Saturdays off.
Here is the clincher. There is always a clincher, isn't there? Tomorrow she leaves on an Alaskan Cruise, sans husband. It's true! The business owner for which she has slaved all these years is taking his whole staff on this little excursion out to sea, all expenses paid. Life is good if you pay the price.
In case you had not noticed, the photo, the title, and the text, do not always have a lot in common. Live with it. I am learning to. Today the title and the photo jive, but how can I write about Pansies at night. I do not sit up all night watching them, but because they have not moved by morning, I am assuming they do not do a whole lot at night. The picture only proves my theory. Mmmm. Maybe I could have written about the night life of Pansies after all.
5 comments:
Not to be nit-picky but it was actually 14 years :)
Seems like twenty so I thought I was actually understating the facts.
She started when I got married...this is how I know!
Wow, Auntie Lis, Rachel and I have all had the same job for about the same number of years! I've been with my company for just over 14 years now too. A rarity in today's world, but here we have 3 in the same family. Does that also say something about our personalities, maybe? :)
Anyway, I'm so happy for Auntie Lis! What a great reward for all her hard work. She deserves it!!!
Yes, she certainly deserves such an excellent reward. Being loyal to an employer sometimes pays off. Loyalty is a good trait to own. I think the reason she stayed on so long was that she just plain enjoyed it. The first job she had after we were married lasted only 5 days. She quit. She hated it although it was in retail, something she had done before and would do again.
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