So it was a particularly bad week at work. We lost a bid that I had worked on for a month to an upstart company that can't possibly be making any money on the contract. A shipment from China already one week late had been held up by customs because of mistake on the manifest. And the topper was my long time assistant gave her two week notice because she is moving to Arizona with her dip shit boyfriend.
The instant I got home, I made a pitcher of Margaritas. I took it out to the patio, turned on the Jacuzzi and TV then stripped down to my birthday suit and sank into the water. I poured a glass of the heavily tequila-ed mix and pounded it down. I poured a second glass then searched for a game on the TV. Glass three and a baseball game took the edge off the week.
Numbed by my drinks and entranced by the game I didn't notice that my wife Marie and our house guest, her 18 year old niece Rachael, had come home. Immediately they the saw the margarita ingredients on the counter and look out into the back yard and saw me sitting in the water.
"Looks like someone had a bad day," said Rachael.
"More like a bad week" Marie replied.
Marie already knew what had happened and proceeded to give Rachael the details. They tiptoed out the back door to ask how I was doing.
"You okay?" Marie asked.
"Getting there." I responded.
"Need a refill and some company?" she asked.
It was then that I saw that Rachael was with her and realized that I should have gone upstairs for some swim trunks before starting my pity party.
"Uh sure but come here first." As Marie leaned in I told her kind of sheepishly "Can you bring me some swim trunks?"
She looked down at the pile of clothes on the patio and smiled then scooped them up and went into the house with Rachael following close behind.
"Is he okay?"
"He will be but I think he's more embarrassed than anything else."
"Why?"
"I think he forgot about you. We use to love to sit in the Jacuzzi naked but hadn't done it since you've been here. With all that happened he just stripped down and got in without thinking."
"You sure he's naked?"
"He asked me to bring him a pair of trunks."
"Oh, now I feel bad. What if I leave for awhile so you two can have the house to yourselves?"
"I have a better idea. Do you embarrass easily?"
"Not really. Why?"
"Let's join him."