In Concert
Sally is Patti’s closest friend. They grew up together; not from grade school, but during those late adolescent spread-your-wings-and-those-whose-feathers-are-ruffled-be-damned times until they were both married. Sally met her husband at a party at Patti’s mom’s house in New City.
“Flo must have been in Arizona. He walked in the door and I said, ‘You’re mine.’ ”
Sally is about 5’5†and has long brown hair which frames a round, youthful face. She invites conversation, punctuating her stories with smiles, but you can sense the hard take-it-or-leave-it edge that lives within. In Sally you can feel those early bar-hopping days with Patti. Her favorite musician is Jorma Kaukonen and if you ask, she’ll tell you a really funny tale about a recent concert at a small club.
Sally lives and works in New York, and when Peter asked her to come up and help she walked into her boss’s office and said, “You know my friend in New Hampshire; she’s not doing too well. I need to go up there and I don’t know when I’ll be back.â€
Her boss – they’ve been together for more years than one can count – said, “Then why are you still here? There are more important things in life than landscaping.â€
Sally replied, “You’ll notice I didn’t ask.â€
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A true friend. She sounds edgy and fun. Patti has such a good support network.
Comment by la Rad — October 24, 2005 @ 8:16 am
A great friend, indeed. And a sister and brother-in-law who come up almost every weekend to boot. The conversation Mike had with his “boss” probably lasted longer before his last trip out to Indiana, but then intra-cranial confabulations usually do.
Comment by adam — October 24, 2005 @ 8:40 am
I wonder if Michael’s “boss” has ever had the need to write him up about anything. Hmmm.
Comment by la Rad — October 24, 2005 @ 2:06 pm
It’s almost impossible, given the opening and my genes, not to add some kind of sexist response. Okay, I’ll hold back. I’ll just wait and see what she has to say.
Comment by michael — October 24, 2005 @ 6:14 pm
Methinks the guy who started this digression was perhaps misunderstood — I meant only that Mike’s his own boss (workwise, anyway), yielding slightly schizophrenic scenarios when he wants to declare some time off to go aid a friend. It wasn’t meant as a “who wears the pants in this family” sorta thing …
Comment by troublemaker — October 24, 2005 @ 6:26 pm
I truly was referring to you when I referred to the boss. But it’s funny that your mind immediately went elsewhere. As an also self employed, I often have work habits that would probably not work in the real work world…like working in pajamas or browsing the internet when I should be working (like now for example).
Comment by la Rad — October 24, 2005 @ 9:26 pm
My mind mostly goes elsewhere…in or out of pajamas.
Comment by michael — October 25, 2005 @ 3:44 am