Friday morning, we woke up and made love then got up and decided to put up the tree for christmas. Jessie even got into it, but was getting really exc...ted because Mike’s plane was due in at 3pm. She would have to leave around 2, to pick him up.About 4:30, Jessie and Mike came through the door, as Mo and I were finishing up the decoration, which had not been up in years. Not since Linda and I were married. Christmas was no big deal for me these last few years.I was introduced to Mike and of. He told her he was nervous about turning pro but was convinced that he was definitely ready. She said he would make QAI, his friends, and his family very proud.She waited to hear how his meetings went with the agent who he had planned to meet on Monday but she never heard from him that night. She was sure he would call the next night but he didn't and she began to worry that things had not gone well. When she didn't hear from him on Wednesday, she took the initiative and called. Alec answered. ?I want to go too,? said Bryan her older brother by one year. ?I’ll make sure they don’t get in any trouble,? said Wendy, my step daughter who was headed to Bowdoin College in the fall. Coming up with her tuition had strained our family budget to the breaking point. ?You kids go on,? said Warren. ?Your Mom and I need to unpack.? I was hanging up clothes when Celia tried to sneak past me in a bathing suit I did not recognize and would never have allowed her to buy. It was a thong. I could barely wait till we'd arrive at our hotel suite. *The honeymoonOutside the hotel lobby, the valet opened my door and put out his hand for me to take. I smiled pleasantly as I graciously accepted his gesture. Once inside, I enjoyed having Benjamin and the bellhop handle the reservations and luggage. It felt an equitable turnabout for all the years when I assumed similar masculine responsibility for Sandi. It was my turn now to feel like the princess and I loved it. Snuggling up to.