After posting it, Eric said, “I wish I had thought about this back when I was working at the old company. I lost at least two vacations by sitting i... my hotel room putting out fires back at the company. They even called on the weekends. It was like I wasn’t on vacation.”“It sure ruined my trip to Hawaii,” Dexter said.Eric said, “I remember you complaining about that.”“At first I was pissed at everyone about that vacation. I mean, I felt like you and the other guys at our level should have. " I smiled as I took a seat down."Hi!" Sofia's eyes brightened up. "What's your name again?" Katie." I responded."Nice to meet you Katie." she said."Same here." I told her. "How do you like your job?"Okay, asking such a question right after I met her was really stupid. Who asks how is her job going when meeting a new person? Thankfully, Sofia didn't mind."It's okay." she said. "Do you like your new Converse?" Yeah!" I grinned. "They're great." I own lots of Converse pairs myself." Sofia changed. .." Raven mused with a bit of a smirk, prompting Zach to lean over from the other side of her and check out the screen himself."Dude-dude-dude. We are SO going," he announced immediately.Raven rolled her eyes and replied, "Well of COURSE you'd say that." What? You're saying you wouldn't want to go?" Zach shot back.Raven smirked again. "Well I didn't say that." What's going on?" Max asked from across the table.Raven and Zach both glanced at me; it was MY message after all. Buzzed on plentiful. It wouldn't have been hard, just aquick, "Hey I'm actually busy Saturday," or. "I'm really not up for thislike I thought it was." The first would be a lie, the second might borderon truth, but it took all of my mental strength to stop defeating myselfand accept that I did want to go. I really, really, wanted to go.Friday afternoon I was overcome with anxiety but fought through it. Sallysent me a reminder text just like for a doctor's appointment: "Hey Kyler,just verifying you're still coming.