Last time, I felt concern to have Mindy walking around by herself. She still gets looks just like you do, Andrea, but they aren't as lustful. There tr...ly seems to be a different attitude."Andrea nodded. "I feel it. Last time, I felt like a piece of meat. This time, they still look but the attitude is different."Mindy nodded and then said, "I wonder when Bobbi is going to formalize the break up with Jacob and SJ."Three heads snapped. I got in first. "You see it, too?" I've seen it coming since. We are in our early fifties and had been able to retire early due to some wise investments. This house is fully handicap accessible and has a guest quarters on one side of the house in case we need to have someone stay with us when/if the need arises. We’re still in pretty good shape but there are some health problems revealing themselves the older we get so we built the house with that in mind.This was the weekend of the party we were giving to celebrate the new house and many friends and. ‘I guess you could say that I’m a bit fascinated with you. Never have I met someone so patient and content with just watching.’ He was right in a way. Watching must’ve been what it looked like on the outside, but during those five minutes he got his coffee my mind was racing with scenarios and dreams. I had entertained the idea of talking to him for the longest time, but it was only ever a thought. I wasn’t much for putting plans into motion and it didn’t bother me anymore. He was pretty enough. But there is no change.As the horror of our failure sinks in the resident's phone rings.It's biochem lab on the other end of the line. They have the bloodgas results. The resident shouts out the numbers."pH 7.1," he begins.She is, as predicted and unsurprisingly acidotic. Normal serum pH is7.4. But this number, 7.1, is very survivable and correctable. It isonly when blood pH falls below 6.8 that irreversible damage is done.He reels off more numbers that indicate she is oxygenating her.