Chapter 164

• Business trip with my boss
• Once my two kids were grown and out of the house, I decided I needed a job to keep me busy and give me a sense of purpose. My husband, Alan, thought it was a good idea, too, so I began scouring the want ads in our local newspaper.
• I found an ad by an independent insurance agent who needed an office assistant to help run his small firm. At the interview I saw that “small” was a bit of an understatement. It was a two-person operation between the owner – Matt – and his assistant, which would be me, if he hired me.