Nora's mouth dropped open at the sight. She turned to her master and said, "Sir, it's beautiful." "Yes, Nora. I brought you here because I wanted to d... something different. Step out of the car and come over to this side." He said this as he opened his own door and stood up. Nora opened her own door and walked around the back of the car. He opened the rear driver's side door and sat down in the back seat. "Come here, Nora, and sit on my lap." She blushed and suddenly felt warm, despite the cool. I could see the finish line here at Ridgemont, and even though tuition and books were paid for at State, I wanted to save some money to help Tracey pay for our room and board in University Park."Incoming," someone shouted as I stepped out of the Bronco. A snowball burst into a shower of soft powder against the door. I saw Bobby smiling and grabbing another handful of snow. I closed the door and waved as Tracey pulled away.The next snowball hit in the middle of my back. Bobby's aim was. It was time for me to stop feeling sorry for myself. The three of them picked me up and we drove into town. I was a little surprised when we pulled into the parking lot of the Landing Strip Lounge."Why here?" I asked."It is open mike night" Ben said, "And we think it is just what you need to drag yourself out of your shell."I shrugged and we went inside, found a table and ordered drinks. Shari, the waitress, smiled when she saw me and asked:"Where have you been Wally? We've missed you." Been. On the other hand, I was gratified to see that 65% were not affected, but most of these were children. At least that bode well for the future.This changing of the skin color became a burden before I had completed my work with the population in Dothan. I had hoped to spread this "sickness" over the whole state of Alabama, and eventually over the whole country, but it simply became too time consuming, and I had to settle for doing it only for Dothan and its environs.That little game took about.