THE KEY TO MY HEART

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Julia and I slept in after we told our loved ones and coworkers we were officially retired. Everyone knew we had been thinking about retiring after Alexa Nunez and Jaime Cabrera graduated from college.

" Julia, we slept in. It's after 1 in the afternoon. I don't know about you, but I am hungry. I feel like going to a Mexican restaurant and having some tamales to eat. What do you think?"
"Let's go, I am up for it."

Cindy is driving us to Azteca it has good reviews written by Mexicans online. Plus, Cindy's brother is very picky about Mexican food.We know the food won't be made for Caucasians. There's nothing wrong with Caucasians but it's not the same. We arrived thirty-one minutes later, and Cindy parks her truck. It's not in a very good neighborhood. They are working on opening two more, and one is closer to our neighborhood. We get out in our Adidas attire to work out. Cindy holds the door open for me.
Peter, Julian, and Liz wave us over to sit with them.

" Your brother has been telling us about this place for a while. He was coming here to have a late lunch and asked us to join him. By the way, congrats on joining the retirement group."

We both tell Julian thank you. We don't need to see the menu because Peter has told us all the food he has eaten, since this place opened over two years ago. Cindy and I ordered a pitcher of margaritas for us, she orders us two tamales with rice, beans ,a salad, fresh made flour tortillas, three orders of guacamole and chips. She asks the man to have four dozen tamales bagged up too (2 pork and 2 beef).
The food was delicious, and I left a nice tip for the waiter. We use the restroom before we leave. We decided to go shopping for Jaime's graduation present and then we thought about it. We know she has to pay off her school loans. We all decided to get everyone to chip in on however much they chose to help pay off her school loans. We told everyone that Cindy would be in charge of notifying who her lenders were and get the loan numbers from her fiancée, Alexa. We left to go to the accounting firm. We are listening to music while Cindy drives us. We arrive about eighteen minutes later. We get out and make our way to the receptionist desk.

"Is Alexa available to see us?" " Yes, Julia, go on up to her office. It's nice to see you and your lovely wife."

We told her thank you and decided to climb the steps instead of taking the elevator. We see Alexa finishing up with a client. She sees us and eaves us in. She introduces us to him. He lives with his bag, which we assume has his ledger and receipts in it.

" What is up that you two retired business women come here to see me?" " How are you and Jaime moving in together working out for you two?"Julia, it's been an adjustment, but going well. I know this isn't the reason why you two came by to see me. I have a few minutes before my next client shows up." " Cindy and I were going to go shopping with Julian, Liz, and Peter for Jaime's graduation present. We thought, what could she really want as a gift. We came up with everyone pitching in what they can to pay off her school loans. Cindy will be the lead on it. She will need the lenders name and the amounts. We would like you to get her this information. We will get a card and everyone who gives Cindy monies will sign in. We know her parents are throwing her a BBQ at their home. Maria, as you know, is my chief pastry chef at the Majestic Hotel. She will be making the cake and other desserts for the BBQ." " I like the idea but not sure she will want that."
" Sweetie, let us worry about that. She won't get mad at us after all we mentored you both. Plus she sees Cindy as a second mother."
" She gets mad at me not a problem. "

We both laugh at my wife's response. Alexa said she would get Cindy the information. We leave as the receptionist buzzes her to tell her next appointment is here.

"Cindy, we need to texted everyone and tell them it's a surprise. You are taking the lead on it and what we discussed. We need to go to the hallmark store and find the biggest card they have. If we don't find a bug one, we can have one be made."
" Julia, I think we should have one made. I doubt any hallmark store will make a huge college graduation card."

Cindy is driving us to a place that makes such cards. We are stuck in traffic for awhile. We send group texts. Cindy hands me her cellphone as the traffic is moving now. I responded to her group texts and mine asking people to drop off money or checks to our home, and we will have a graduation card by tomorrow for them to sign. We finally arrive and get out. Cindy locks the doors and turns the alarm on. She holds the door open for me. I walk in. We both wait in lime until it is our turn. We waited for about nine minutes. We tell the man what we want in front of the card and the words inside of it. He asks the dimensions. Cindy tells him. He asks if we want an envelope. We say yes. He writes up the sale and I pay for it in cash. He says it will be ready in an hour. We leave to go get two yogurts with granola toppings. We both paid for our own. We sit inside and enjoy it. We are finally done. We walk around a bit to window shop only. We leave and return to the to the printers. The man sees us and shows us it.We are happy with it. He places it in a very large flat bag and we leave. Cindy opens my door, and I get in. I placed the card on thedashboardd before we both put our seat belts on and close the door. Cindy starts her truc, and I remove the bag from the dashboard. We get home about forty minutes later. Cindy parks her truck inside, and we go inside our home. I had unlocked the garage door and turned off the alarm.
Cindy gets a few blue pens and we go to the kitchen table to start writing something in her card and sign it. We both write two checks and Cindy places the checks in our office along with the card. We don't want anyone to see it.
We decided to go work out in our fitness room. We leave our cellphones, keys, and guns in holsters on the table where we have towels rolled up for us and our guests to use. We both wrap our hands and wrists. We put gloves on to hit the mma bag as well as kick it. We do that for a while. We remove the gloves and place them on the table. We remove our wraps and toss them in a hamper. We wipe the sweat and get two bottles of water from the refrigerator and open them to drink some. We put the cap back on and grab two towels to wipe our sweat off our face, neck and arms. We make our way to the weights and treadmill. We used several exercise equipment in our fitness room. We finished two and half bottles of water and used two towels. We wiped down all the equipment we used with lysol wipes. We tossed the wipes in the trash and the towels in the hamper. We gather our guns, keys, and cellphones and make our way to our bedroom using the elevator. We get some clean clothes and go to our bathroom to undress and get in the shower to wash our hair and bodies after we fooled around a bit. We rinse our bodies and dry off after the water is turned off. We exit the shower with bath towels wrapped around our bodies. We put all dirty items in the hamper and put lume deodorant on. We get dressed and brush our teeth, floss them, and rinse our mouths out. We blow one another's hair and brush them. Cindy and I put the blow dryers in the drawer and exit the bathroom. We decided to make a grocery and household lists. We leave in my suv and go to Costco. The place is packed. We split up with the lists. We are finally paying for four grocery carts. We get some help to take all to my suv. We unload everything and place it all in the back, rear seats, and floor boards. We thank the two men for helping us.

"Cindy, since we are here, I need to get gas."

I drive uo to pump 6 and Cindy gets out to pump it with my credit card. She fills it up and closes the gas tank cover. She places my credit card in rfid sleeve and hands it to me when she gets in. We leave listening to satellite jazz station. Traffic isn't bad, but it takes us over 44 minutes to get home. Alice and Tim drove up behind us. They get out and say they are here to hand Cindy checks and sign the card.

" Do you think you bought enough at Costco?" " Tim just help us please. We could of bought more but it would of have to be delivered. "

Alice and Tim helped us unload my SUV. Cindy went to get the card and two blue pens to sign the card in the dining room. While they are signing it, we are putting everything away in the kitchen. They are done. We talk a little before they leave for a movie and dinner Alice said. Cindy closes and locks the door. We place all on the cart that is to be taken upstairs. Cindy pushes the cart while I place extra rolls of toilet paper in all of the downstairs restrooms. Cindy is placing kleenex boxes in the lounges. bedrooms and bathrooms. We are now in the elevator waiting to get out to put everything in all of the rooms upstairs that are unlocked. We are finally done. Cindy leaves to go take the cart back downstairs while I remove my guns, keys and wallet. I place all on my dresser. I sit on the couch to remove my shoes and socks and pants. I place my shoes in my closet after I spray the insole and leave the spray for Cindy to do with hers. I connect my cellphone to my charger and pull back the duvet cover, sheets and blankets in one swoop. I use the bathroom and put all my dirty items in the hamper which includes my top. I am now just in my sports bra and women's boxers. I go to our bed and get in. Cindy does the same what I did. She is laying next to me on her side and we begin kissing one another until we stop and decide to fall asleep .