And it was so nice to see all our old friends.It was a very pleasant afternoon. A rather amusing moment occurred when a jeweler friend of Melanie's da... got a close look at Melanie's engagement ring. He was flabbergasted by the visible quality of diamonds, and I couldn't help but smile at what his reaction would be if he saw them under a microscope. He pleaded with Melanie several times to divulge from where the ring was purchased, but Melanie politely declined, saying the ring's origin was a. ."Zach grinned. "Perfect," they said together, grinning."Just like married life always is," his mom said with a smile and a laugh."I can't wait for the ceremony," said Kristen."I'll bet Zach can't wait to drive to the cabin afterwards," his mom teased.Late arrival's cars lined the sides of the dirt road that rose up from the highway. You could tell who had arrived late by the layer of dust on their shoes and the perspiration on their faces after trudging up the hill under the summer. Wasn’t this supposed to happen ten to fifteen years down the road when he was fighting to reach his appropriate level of management and I was running around after the kids while trying to have a career? If this was what marriage was going to be like, I wasn’t sure I wanted to be married. How many times had I had that thought lately? Spring break was approaching and I was reviewing the semester in the kitchen. Jeff was studying in the workout room. I heard the bell ring and went to the front. She washes out her panties whereHam got her wet. She gets in the shower, shampoos, soaps off the dried sweat, goes back to her room, hauls out her secret $197.00 stash, packs a small bag, writes a farewell note, sets the alarm early, and gets a little rest.At 6AM she’s got her thumb up in the State College area where lots of kids hitch, along comes this cute VW bug, on the side is a decal of flowers and above it is says ?Peace? and below it says ?Love?, all in that groovy lettering she’s seen.