In case some of you are getting about my roommate's name his full name was Russel Paul Jennings. He went by Russ or Paul. I would love love to hear comments from you especially if you are transgendered.
Monday came and the phone rang and it was Cody Lumber and they were calling for me.
I said," This is John."
The man on the other end said." Yes I have just gone over application and I am impressed. I was wondering if you might like to come over for an interview this afternoon."
I said," Sure, what time do you want me to be there?"
He said," How about 1 this afternoon?"
I said," Sounds good to me I will be there."
I got off the phone and it was Jessica and she was already at work as a bookkeeper at the Holiday Inn.
I answered," Hello, this is John."
She said," Hello sweetheart, how are you this morning I thought I would call since there is a slow moment at work."
I said," Hi how are things today?"
She said," Things are doing well I am getting things ready for the paychecks for this week."
I sarcastically said," Oh that sounds like so much fun."
She laughed and said," You silly boy, it isn't bad will just keep me busy today. Did you hear back from Cody Lumber?"
I said," Yes I will be interviewed today."
She laughed and said," Now, don't behave the way you do with Russ."
I laughed and said," I thought that was one of my endearing qualities."
She laughed and said," I don't know what I am going to do with you. I better get off now the time cards are coming in. Bye sweetheart, I am starting to fall in love with you."
I said," So am I sweetheart will see you this evening."
She said," I will love seeing you this evening. Bye love you."
The next thing I knew I heard the dial tone on the other end and I hung up the phone smiling.
I decided to go to McDonald's for breakfast and while in line I saw my friend Buck Porter.
Buck laughed and said," Hey John, I heard about last weekend when you going to get some sense and know you can't ride a horse while sitting on the ground?"
I laughed and said," I just thought I would get comfortable for a spell."
He said," Who was that sexy lady that was with you? I couldn't believe an ugly lug like you could walk into Cassies with a woman like that."
I laughed and said," What can I say women find me irresistible. I met her at Maveriks while filling up the truck and her name is Jessica. Paul and I had brunch with her the next morning and she cooks a mean omelet."
He asked," So how are things with Russ and Julie?"
I said," They are doing well, and she is supposed to come back up from U.W. I think this Wednesday. Jessica and I are going to go out with Russ and Julie."
We got our breakfast orders and went to a table and sat down.
I asked," So how are things going with you and your fiancee."
He beamed and said," We will be getting married in October."
I said," Congratulations so what kind of changes have you seen?"
He said," Well, I am not quiet as wild as I used to be."
I said," That reminds me remember how you went flying into the welding shop with your pickup?"
He said," Oh god, Did you have to remind me about that? That day almost gave me a heart attack. I can't believe how cool Elliot was about that. All he said was kind of close wasn't it? I kind of remember how you got us out of school because of the smoke bombs. Maybe I should tell the faculty that it was you."
I said," I just tried to keep up with you guys that is all."
He laughed and said," Oh you passed us by a country mile."
We chatted a little longer and ate while reminiscing and finished our breakfasts. Took our trays with trash and dumped them in the trash and headed out the door laughing and he got to his truck and I got to mine. I drove back to the house and I went inside and spent about a couple of hours tidying up. I looked at the clock and noticed it was 12:00 and I ate lunch and went in and changed into my good Wranglers and a nice knit shirt and my good boots and I ate a quick lunch. It was time for me to go and I went to the interview.
The interview went well and I got a job there entailed me retrieving lumber and other things for customer and the pay was also attractive to me.
As I was getting ready to leave I ran into Russ and he said," Hi did you get your interview?"
I said," Yeah I am going to start working tommorrow I will be responsible getting lumber and other things for customers. So I will have a guy helping me for about a month and it looks like I pester you some more."
He laughed and said," That can work on a 2 way street."
I got back in my truck and headed back to the house and drove about 10 minutes and parked the truck and headed back into the house and than a neighbor leaned out of her door.
She was happily married and asked me to come over for coffee which she did occasionally.
As I sat down and she brought the coffee and asked," How are things going with you? "
I marveled how attractive she was, she was wearing white shorts about an inch above her knees and a pink knit shirt. White tennis shoes or as they are called now athletic shoes long tan legs blonde hair which cascades over her shoulder. She was about 45 and she looked like 28 at the oldest.
I said," I am doing well, I am dating a lady named Jessica and I got a job at Cody Lumber retrieving lumber and other things for customers."
She said," Great, you will be doing something a little safer than saddle-breaking horses. Jessica isn't that Jessica Williams? I met her at Stecks when I was picking up a few items that I needed and from what I saw after talking to her for a few minutes she is a very nice lady."
I marveled again she had this ability of meeting everybody in this town.
I said," Yeah, we went to Proud Cut Saloon to eat and than went and danced at Cassies."
She said," That is great."
I asked," Where is your husband is he on the road again?"
Her husband drove for a local trucking company called Dick Jones.
She said," Yes he left early this morning taking some sheetrock to Cheyenne and will come back and take some sheetrock to Billings and he should be back home around 6 this evening."
I looked at the time and said I better get home.
She said," I have some things to do because Bill and I will be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary and I want to be ready when he gets home. Tommorrow he only takes a couple of run to Billings and he won't have to leave as early so we will have fun tonight."
As I went to the house even though she turns heads she only has eyes for her husband and Bill loves Janet his wife just as much. I went inside and I looked at the time and noticed it was 4:30 boy how the day passes quickly.
The house was neat so I decided to turn on the T.V. and relax.
I was watching T.V. for about a half-hour and Paul came home.
He looked at me and said," Look at who is here the lazy one."
I laughed and said," Yep you ought to try it sometime it is great."
He sat down and said," Well I guess you might as well enjoy it I guess tommorrow you won't be so lazy."
This must have been a good day for him because when it is bad he doesn't talk.
He said," So how did today go for you?"
I said," Not bad Bill and Janet are going to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary."
He whistled and said," 10 years already I didn't realize they have been married that long."
He said," Bill was a wild one I tell you that. How did you find out?"
I said," Janet invited me over coffee and we visited."
He said," I remember about 11 years ago when he first dated Janet he fell head over heels. Weekend before that he had to be taken home because he was too drunk to drive. Now he is a deacon at their church and and they have an 8 year old daughter."
I said," That is right you knew him before he married Janet."
He laughed and said," Yeah he has really cleaned up his life since he has been around Janet. Why don't we go out and get a bite to eat."
We went in his half-ton pickup it got better gas mileage it had a V6 with a manual four speed, We went to Wendy's and both ordered a couple of cheeseburger meals and went and sat at the table.
He said," This year and a half has been good. I thought my last room-mate was a good friend but man you are my best friend. Remember our first night together we ended up past out on the couch."
I laughed and said," Yeah Julie woke us up and saw us amidst all of those beer bottles."
He said," All she was glad that we became room-mates because she knows me."
I said," I ran into Buck Porter at McDonald's today and he is getting married in December."
He laughed and said," That wild son-of-a-bitch you went to school with he is marrying that Lizzy isn't he."
I said ," He is settling down also, he is more serious these days."
We got done and went to the newspaper stand and picked up some cigars great cigars and went home. As we pulled up I saw Jessica and she was smiling at me. I climbed out of the passenger side of the pickup. I went to her and klssed her passionatly for about 5 minutes. Than we quit and Jessica look at Russ and said," When is Julie coming back?"
Paul said," She will be back Wensday evening and she is so excited to meet you."
I asked," So what brought you here to make this a lovely evening?"
She said," I just had to come over and find out about how your interview went."
Paul said," Wait you didn't tell Jessica yet?"
I said," No I didn't have a chance to tell her."
Jessica said," OK, John tell me how it went or we won't be going out this weekend."
I laughed and said," Take it easy sweetheart, I am sorry but I hate to tell you I got the job."
She laughed and said," You jerk the way you were saying that sounded like you didn't get it. What do you do? When do you start?"
I laughed and said," I retrieve lumber and various other things for the lumberyard's customers and I start tommorrow. Somebody works with me for a couple of weeks until I get it down."
She squealed and said," I don't have to worry about you with those horses."
I laughed and said," Maybe I can enter the Cody Nite Rodeo and bullride?"
She said," You better not or it won't just be the bull you have to worry about."
We all laughed at that last remark.
She laughed and said," I have to go guys, I found out when Julie is coming back and I am thrilled that you got the job at the lumber yard. John looks like I will have to stick like glue with you to make sure you don't enter the Nite Rodeo."
She came over and we started kissing passionatly for about a couple of minutes and than she started walking to the car and got to the car and blew me a kiss and I caught it. After she got in her car Paul and I went into our house.
Paul said," I still can't believe how lucky you got with Jessica and how concerned she was about you and I think man this is long-term."
I looked at him and said," You don't know what you are talking about. No woman wanted me for long-term it has always been for a couple of weeks."
He said," No woman has been like Jessica when she sees you. She has already fallen for you dude."
I didn't argue any further because when it came to people Russ was usually right.
Paul and I decided to play a little Black Jack for match sticks. Russ beat me tonight I had no more match sticks and it was 10:00 and it was time to go to bed.
I went into the bedroom and got undressed to my underwear and went to bed with a smile face and within 2 minutes I was asleep.
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