With nothing else to do, Joe started washing the dishes. It was still a little over 8:00 in the morning, so he figured he had a little over two hours before Tricia woke up.

He took a warm bath and put on a simple white shirt and some comfortable denim pants from his youth. It still boggled him to this day that he had pants older than his daughter.

After stretching his limbs a little, Joe decided to get to work. He never liked to relax when there were things left to do. It made him anxious and he only ended up counting the seconds before the chores were due....