Some morning when you run out to get the newspaper you would run into Evelyn Camacho waiting on the bench or in the lobby (if it was cold outside) waiting for her granddaughter's school bus. Sometimes she would look so tired, but no matter how she was feeling that morning she was always there "rain or shine."
She would always greet you with a smile and occasionally you would stop and talk with her. She never brought up whether she had a husband or a boyfriend and you never inquired, so you assumed that she might be available and you would subtly flirt with her.
One of your discussion was about work, and how working and helping her daughter out was like having two jobs and how she could use a vacation, even if it was just a week at home doing nothing but sleeping and resting. You took a mental note of this and stored the information in your "mental databank" for future reference.
Fate has a way of presenting some interesting opportunities, and about 2 weeks after having this conversation with Evelyn someone on your job was sponsoring a Ski trip to the Poconos (February 14 - February 18). You figured the next time you saw Evelyn you would show it to her and maybe her "man" might want to take her for a weekend getaway. She said the accommodations looked nice and she believed that her granddaughter would be off from school for Winter recess.
She said she would like to go, but there are just 2 problems, one was that she doesn't have a "man," and the second problem was that she wasn't in the financial position to go.
You told her that you had an idea, but she must keep this a secret.
You recently won some money on a Lottery Scratch-Off Game and would be willing to treat her. You told her that it would be a gift not a loan with "No strings attached," and that she would have her own private room. Your family is probably going to want to know who are you going with? So you can either tell them you're going alone (which will mean more questions) or tell them you are going with a female co-worker.
Evelyn said: "I'm a grown woman and I'm allowed to have a life."
You said that you understood, but either way you will have your own room and you would have your own private room also. We can "hang out" during the day if you like and catch up on some much need rest at night.
The bus ride was pretty long and Evelyn was just so happy to see a large comfortable bed accompanied with the fact that she just stayed in the whole night. Around 8:00 AM the next morning, you received a text message from Evelyn asking you would you like to join her for breakfast? You accepted her invitation and told her to give you about 20 minutes to get ready and you would come over to her room and then go to breakfast.
Now, when you get to her room, you looked confused because of what she was wearing and you asked her:
"Are you wearing that to breakfast?"
Evelyn never answered the question and started talking about how beautiful the view was and how being able to rest made her feel like a new person. This place reminded her when she was "young and wild."
So, you told her that you couldn't imagine her being "Wild?"
Evelyn said: "We are going to have to do something about that."