“On Melissa, she and Paul were at her mom’s last weekend and were happily surprised. Her mother had an awakening. She has stopped drinking, smokin..., and going to bars. She is going to church with Jacob. Paul thinks she will stick to her plans. She still is just getting by financially but will be a little better off since some useless outgo has stopped.“They are going to see his dad and brother and sister this weekend. His mother is also finding out that her situation is tougher than she could. Here from the computing center. Could you talk to him?" Send him over."I looked at Alf. "Go next door. Des will explain everything. If you need a signature, I'll do it. If I'm not here, Shirl — who's also next door — will sign. OK?" No problem. You just made it easy." He left."Is it always like this?" Charlie asked."No. Next week should be easy. In fact the next three or four weeks should be easy. This is just trying to get everything set up." Waal. I'm tired just listening to you folks. Cattle. My jaw about hit the bed. He then wrote that he was from a neighboring city in our state. This guy was only an hour drive away! He asked if there was any way to pick up the heels in person as he did not want to spend the money on shipping.My wife found put thru email exchanges with this guy that he was a single father of 1, the mom had died of a bad drug overdose. He was 22 years old and working 2 jobs. He just had a crazy foot fetish and hasn't had any real relief in the last year and a half. . so that means we are both going to ... Cleveland?”“Cincinnati. Actually, my family lives just outside of Cincinnati, in a town called Amberley. And she offered to use her frequent flyer miles to buy both our tickets.”“Oh! That’s very nice of her.”Lisa sighed. “More like a bribe. I love my family, but they can be a bit much, so I tend to avoid the drama where I can, and holidays are always a lot of drama.”I laughed. “Hey, you’re talking to the guy that basically lived that movie My Big Fat.