The manager gave Caroline her dream job, assigning her as a pharmacy technician. The stores pharmacists thought she was a Godsend and spent time teach...ng her pharmacology. Caroline took a computer course and became the youngest Certified Pharmacy Tech in the district. We had to switch our day from Saturday, but we still got together once a week.Denise Drake took charge of her life and career in a big way. She fought for and gained more creative control of her show and ramped up her involvement. Another couple of people at her table joined in.The Stag guys laughed out louder. Was this the trick to stand-up?Getting the audience in competition with each other, to see who couldenjoy themselves more?I waved at a table further back. "I was in this posh hotel and themaid knocked on my door. She said, I've come to turn down your bed. Isaid, well many women have in the past. Why should you be anydifferent?"I was beginning to feel that maybe they were coming over to my side..."I've decided. It felt cool and soothing. I then went to get dressed and discovered that all my shorts and t-shirts were now gone. I found something to wear and met her in the kitchen. I looked and Tina and said, “Honey, I can’t find my shorts and shirts.” Without missing a beat, she said, “Of course.” My only response was, “Of course?” Tina just went on calmly, “Debra, there is no way a woman would wear those things so I got rid of them. Besides, you look good. Not great but good.” The next morning Tina got. It looked empty, but it was too dark for me to be sure. It was probably where all the Christmas decorations were stored. No, that couldn’t be right. Alyssa brought the decorations in from the shed behind the house. So, what was in the storage closet? The lights in the garage didn’t help any. I needed to see in there better, which meant finding a flashlight. I saw one on the bench. I found it, but the batteries were dead. It had been at least an hour since I came out to the garage. Maybe it was.