Carissa let out a dissatisfied grunt as she slammed another cardboard moving box on her desk. The box felt weak and easily broken, a perfect analogy for her current level of patience. Each item she placed inside—her collection of brightly colored pens, the framed photo of her and Charlie on their honeymoon in Italy, even the ridiculously oversized stress ball shaped like a spreadsheet—felt like another piece of her normal...

Carissa’s smile was inextinguishable as she drove home from work that evening. As she waited at a red light, the woman found herself marveling at how much she’d grown to enjoy working in The Annex in such a short time. More than that, she was thankful for having the privilege of sharing the experience with somebody as awesome as Joey. It was difficult to believe that a month earlier, she’d been convinced that this was a p...

The following Sunday, Carissa was grinning ear to ear as the plane’s wheels touched down on the runway. This was so exciting! Her first work trip with her work husband. She could hardly wait to get the week started. The trip had come up at the last minute. On Friday afternoon Jeff called Joey and asked him if he’d be able to attend a business conference in Vegas the following week. Joey told him he would go if Carissa cou...