“Hello, this is Jordy,” she answered. “Jordy, this is Michael. Am I interrupting anything?” “No, only the most important project of my life,” she laughed with the usual tinkle of small bells in her voice. “I can call back if it’s inconvenient,” he offered. “No, no, it’s not that. It’s such a nice day; I’m finding it hard to get anything done. I’m trying to finish up my proposal, and I just hate to waste it indoors. We need to take advantage of the days this nice. Before long it’ll be in the nineties and too hot to be outside.” “How about I take you away from all of that for a while?” “What do you have in mind?” “What about driving to Galveston for lunch on the Strand?” “A mighty tempting offer. Let me think about it.” After a ten second pause, she said, “Okay, that’s enough thinking. Let’s do it.”
