Megan was outside watering her flowers when her cell phone rang. It was her husband Jerry. "Hi baby, how's your day going?" she asked.
Jerry explained that he was having a very bad day. "I swear Meg, if one more thing goes wrong, I'll scream." he told her. He told her how UPS had lost the second shipment that he desperately needed for one of his machines in order to move to the next step on the project he was working on. Jerry is a construction foreman and was currently overseeing a new hotel being built in town. Megan listened to him explain what else had happened that day and commiserated with him. .
"Hang in there Jer, it'll get better." she said. "I have faith in you and I know you'll turn things around." They talked for a few more moments and then he had to go back to work.
Megan went back to watering her flowers, thinking about Jerry. She felt bad for him, knowing how personally he took any setbacks at work, even those that were out of his control. He had worked for the same company for 20 years and took pride in his work. He was well liked by his employer and his workers. He was a fair and honest man who worked as hard as he expected his employees to work. He was a good husband and she felt lucky to be married to him. As she finished watering she came up with an idea how she could hopefully relax him when he came home and show him how much she loved him.
She quickly finished watering and put the hose away, running into the house to start getting things ready for that night. Megan made a list of what she needed from the store and ran to get those things, stopping at the liquor store for a bottle of wine that she knew Jerry liked. She put the wine in the fridge to chill while she quickly prepared one of his favorite meals, chicken enchiladas with fiesta rice. She made some homemade salsa to go with it. She put everything in the refrigerator and quickly cleaned up the house. She showered, shaved her legs, put on his favorite perfume, slipped into a pair of shorts, with no panties and a pull over with no bra. She had just inserted the last of his favorite cd's in the cd changer when she heard him pull in. She turned the music on low and sat on the couch.
When Jerry walked in he looked exhausted. Megan got up and went over and gave him a deep kiss. "I'm so sorry your day was shit hun." she says. He pulls her close and holds her for a moment.
"I think it's getting better already." Jerry says with a smile. He takes her hand and they move to the couch together. He sits down at one end and pats the couch next to him. Megan lies down on the couch with her head in his lap, the way that he likes. He smiles down at her and starts running his fingers through her hair.
"Talk to me about your day. Let me hear everything that happened and maybe I can help you figure some things out." she says.