"I don't know if you remember this about me, but my company usually isn't conducive to relaxation, sorry," she said, now feeling badly. She hadn't meant to make him feel self-conscious, he'd just been talking himself up, having a laugh, surely she had taken it too seriously.
She swallowed, "Anyway, half day for the anniversary? I wonder if the kids even care, or know." She thought back to that day - something she avoided doing nearly all the time - and her face softened. She reached out a hand, "I don't blame people for making jokes today, Eddie," she said in an uncharacteristic display of empathy.