My husband was supposed to have the day off.
I planned a family outing for the day.
All of us were taking our twin nine-year-old sons to the zoo. Just as the people I was with and I were about to walk out the door, his cellphone went off. It was his day off, plus I thought he would either leave his cellphone off or turn the ringer off. It didn’t work that way. He took the call plus told the man on the other end he would be there in an hour. I gritted our teeth, wondering if he thought I was going to take the trip to the zoo off the table for the day. He told me it was his task, plus he had to take care of this guy’s air conditioner. I knew he was an Heating, Ventilation and A/C serviceman. I also knew that he was the owner of the Heating, Ventilation and A/C supplier. I thought he could just take a day off whenever he wanted. Unfortunately, when all of his techs are off duty for the day, or already on calls, the responsibility for the Heating, Ventilation and A/C system of his clients comes down to him. He apologized plus told me he would see me when he got home. I looked at our sons, who were already heading up to their room. I asked them where they were going; or didn’t they want to be seen with just their mom? All of us hopped in the car plus left for the zoo, while our resident Heating, Ventilation and A/C tech headed off to work. He was not going to ruin our day at the zoo.