The Princess lands a job

Through no fault of her own the Princess has landed a job, actually a very nice job, at which she is still rather surprised. She did not make the decision lightly, and asked many important questions beforehand, such as questions about responsibilities, evaluations, and whether the staff has fun, cake, parties, etc. She accepted only after being assured that not only does the staff have fun, there is in fact a person in charge of fun, and there are rumors of cake making a frequent appearance. The important matters settled to her satisfaction, the Princess graciously accepted the organization's offer ("Yes! Hire me! Hire me!").


The Hero is relieved that her world will be a little bit bigger now that she will be out of the house more, and that she may have more to talk about at home than little old ladies at the grocery store getting in her way with their carts. Now she can talk about things of greater import, such as people shoving and pushing on the subway.


The Princess's hair stylist, hearing that the Princess will now be working in the big city, insisted upon giving her a spunky haircut. Several hours later -- which included a nap on the Princess's part -- she proclaimed that the Princess was now fit to hobnob among other spunky-haired workers in the city. Although the Hero was unaware of the monumental effort to ready his Princess, he nevertheless expressed his appreciation by saying, "What happened to your hair?"


While the organization readies paperwork and checks to see that the Princess has not made up her college degrees or her time at various colleges -- this slightly amuses her, as she definitely did not make up all those hours of studying -- other preparations are in progress. One of these is necessary trips to the mall for a new wardrobe. The Hero will most likely not accompany the Princess on these trips, having already exceeded his once-every-five-years visit to the mall.


"You should go anyway," the Princess urged. "The other husbands need someone to talk to."


The Hero declined this call to duty, evidently feeling no responsibility toward his fellow sufferers at the mall. Luckily, the Princess has a supportive network of females who will gather around her in her hour of need. Okay, so maybe it is just a supportive network of one. But fortunately, that's all she needs.