We were only one timezone away from 5 o’clock

“We heard so much about you!”

 I was greeted by strangers or at least they were strangers to “Sober Timmy”.  More than once someone has restarted a conversation for a day or two before and I could not recall meeting them. 

I glanced at my friends, then at the bartender and then back at the strangers. “I can assure you that all of the stories were exaggerated.”

I was a little relieved that this couple from the suburbs had not met me before.

Then we did shots of tequila.