The rising action of this play is part of Act I and Act II and starts with Biff telling Happy that he is going to ask an old employer, Bill Oliver, for money to start a business. In the kitchen when Willy and Linda are talking, she asks him to ask his boss, Howard, for a job in New York so he does not have to travel.
The sentence "My friends and I lazed around all morning" has a negative connotation to it since "laze" implies laziness. However, "My friends and I relaxed all morning" means the same without the negative connotation.
