When I left for my 11PM shift, she would usually still be awake looking for a movie to watch. She didn’t have to be up to make my coffee or breakfas...t, so she didn’t care how late she stayed up. Sometimes she made a lunch for me without my asking.She was almost always still in bed when I got home from work. So I tried to make as little noise as possible as I showered and ate something. That first week passed. The next week was a repeat of the first. Payday weekend came and Don flashed his check. I spent the summer on the brewery packaging line as supervisor. All of the men knew I would be moving into administration in September, and I got the impression they were pleased to see someone get the job who knew what the operating floor was all about. True, I knew little about the brewing end of the business, but that wouldn't be part of my responsibilities anyway.In early July, I asked if I could hold a round-table meeting with the principals of the new dress store business, along with Tony. There had to be many experienced mechanical engineers out there with a much better resume than I had. I had always been grateful that he took a chance on me."Yeah," I responded. "I really thought that Johnson Controls was going to take the biggest piece of the pie from these folks. Every time I talked to Kennedy or Pierce in their purchasing department, they seemed to be leaning pretty heavily to the more entrenched supplier." You know, I'm convinced that you were the difference, Rick," my. "So, you?regoing to be a nurse?" Nina asked April."That?s the plan," April said."He doesn?t know it, but I have planned the surgery for next month,"Nina said."What surgery?" April asked oblivious."He didn?t tell you? The sex reassignment surgery," Nina saidembarrassed."Oh, that surgery," April played along."I hope I will recover soon," Nina said."It could take six months," April warned."It will be worth it," Nina said.I knew then how Dan was able to stay as he was. He refused to followthe.