“I’M ON SHIFT TOMORROW, honey,” Joe reminded Trish over dinner that night. “So, I won’t be able to make the trip with you to your sister-in-law’s house.”
“About that,” she said. “I forgot to tell you. I figured you would probably volunteer to work and let one of the guys with kids at home have the day off. And I did the same thing, although in my case I’m just on call. I don’t foresee having to go in unless something really major that can’t wait one day comes through my lab. Besides, I just couldn’t justify driving all that way when I’d have to turn right around and come back - I’d have been in the car most of the day tomorrow! I told her we’d come up one weekend soon.”
He shrugged. “I’ve always stood in the gap on holidays. It’s just a routine I got into.”
But if I retire and become a
