Love “Socks”
Joyce was running late; she was always running late. It became a joke with her friends, “if you want Joyce to show up on time, tell her we are meeting an hour earlier than we really are, then — maybe, she’ll be on time.”
Joyce hated that, but she couldn’t argue it, she was always late.
She and her girlfriends had been planning this trip since last Valentine’s Day, when Joyce’s husband of 5 years, gave her a special gift. He informed her that his co-worker was having a baby…oh yeah, and it might be his. Her world fell apart, but her friends were determined to help her through it.
They helped her pack up her things and find a new house. They took her out on the weekends to keep her spirits up. That is when they decided to plan a trip to the Bahamas, to celebrate a year free of tainted love. Everything was set, and tomorrow at 7 AM, she was to meet them at the gate, for their exciting adventure.
So here we are, Joyce is finishing her packing. Everything is going smoothly, except, she can’t find one of her socks. You know, you put two in the dryer and inevitably, one gets lost.
The girls had planned a few excursions on the trip, one of them being hiking, and she needed the mate to this sock. She had torn the house apart trying to find it. Frustrated, she decided she would just pick up a pair of new socks when they got to…