Meeting the boss

Here's the scenario... It's a Heather day, denim shorts, black tights, black cami, black ruffled top, ballet flats. I'm working from home as I normally do on a Thursday (this morning), and which allows me the freedom for my Heather days in the first place. I get a call from one of the companies that I do work for that one of their main servers is down. Now, it's a 100 mile drive to this office and I don't want to be doing hardware support, but after some begging and pleading on their part I agree to make the drive. I have at most 5 hours before I have to be back home and it's at least a 3 hour drive round trip, which gives me 2 hours to find and fix the problem. There is no time for me to change before I leave, so I grab my purse and out the door I go.

Now, a few of the employees know about Heather, have seen pictures, etc. but the rest don't, including the boss. So I make the 100 mile drive and get to the office. I was actually nervous going into the building, even though I've been out at least 1000 times by now as Heather in all sorts of situations and places. So I walk in and poke my head into the office manager's office. She looks at me and says "I had to look a second time, I almost didn't recognize you. You're looking good Joe, or should I say 'Heather'." She met Heather a few years ago when I was going out with some girls in Boston after a conference we attended so it was no surprise to her.

As I was walking out of her office, the boss walked in. He stopped, looked at me and got a big smile as he said "wow, this is different. You've changed a bit." as he chuckled and kind of shook his head as he walked by, smiling the whole time. So he was OK with it, not that I expected any different from him since he's a pretty easy going guy. It's been about 5 months since they've seen me last, and always as Joe.

Right before I left, another worker came in (who knew of Heather). She looked me over and said "Nice... " I know she would have been bummed if she missed the opportunity to meet Heather, so I was glad she showed up before I left.

All said, it went well. No adverse reactions, and it was business as usual. I made it home with about 20 minutes to spare.