(Also for Three Word Wednesday and ABC Wednesday: "L" is for Leader)
The following should
suggest a certain well-known play to you.
Which play?
What excitement was around my home last week! The huge promotion I finally received was a
life-changer.
And not just for me.
My wife got a big kick out of it too.
She immediately began thoughtlessly spending money like a sunken draylor and she scheduled
a big banquet to which she invited everybody who is even remotely anybody.
Well, why not?
After years of struggle, I finally reached the position I believe I
deserve. Our family will be dodging no
more bill-collectors.
Though frankly, I was a bit uptight about all of this because the cost of that banquet was kind of
scary. Two complete musical groups were necessary? One hip-hop and the other string quartets? (I’m not sure my wife is familiar with the
word “pretentious.”) The ice sculpture
alone cost what once could have been a working-stiff’s annual salary. Oh well, let her have her fun. She put up with me through all the lean times
in the past.
Say what you will, it was wonderful when the leading
figures of our region arrived and told me how happy they were now that I’m the
one in charge. And then I proceeded to
knock everyone’s socks off by serving them a banquet old Chef Escoffier would
have been proud of.
Of course, the banquet could be criticized as basically
political. But then, what isn’t? It was important to make sure everyone
understands that now I very solidly occupy the job of leader - the leader - and that there are
no challengers. Also, I wanted to stamp
out those ridiculous rumors that I somehow achieved my high position through
some sort of skullduggery.
Yes, no question, it was a night to remember. So why do I feel woozy and apathetic about it now? Well, it’s because of Ed Bixler. I know, I know; Ed’s been dead for quite some
time. But the point is, he was there, at the banquet. I saw him.
This makes me feel weird and that maybe I might be
drifting over into some kind of psychologically-disturbed mindset because – no
one else could see him.
The
answer will be posted Saturday.
