But I have to admit that I am glad you called the time out when you did. After all, it IS your night to fix spaghetti."We all laughed as we left the w...ter to retrieve our swimwear. None of us thought about it until Kelly mentioned it days later that we had all walked into the house totally naked carrying our swimwear upstairs. Evidently, we were adjusting quickly to being naked in each other's presence.Spaghetti is so easy when Mom buys that gourmet sauce in a jar! I just had to have noodles. Shutting it down, I re-set the simulated altitude from 10,000 feet to 30,000 feet and re-started the camera. The Image Motion Compensator slowed to its new setting - bang on. The clock on the wall said five to three.Grinning to myself, I shut the camera down, disconnected all the cables and signed the worksheet. Standing in the Chief's open doorway, I waited while he spoke on the phone. Looking up he gestured towards an old armchair in the corner whilst berating the supply squadron over some. "The Russians have infiltrated cadres into the area and don't want to kill their own! Very caring of Stalin don't you think?"Their passage through the city took on a surreal feel as they looked out on a city that seemed untouched by the ravages of war. After all the devastation they had witnessed, the ruins, the stink, the gaunt and grieving faces, Sheffield seemed obscene somehow. Children playing in the streets, open air markets, washing on the lines, happy, smiling faces, hands waved in. I look for it, make it up. Always braced for it."I thought of my Mum walking out without ever saying goodbye andclinked my mug against hers. "Not me."4Breakfast felt different the next day, though there was nothingtangible to say why. Jocelyn came down in her onesie and dressinggown, hair like brunette thatch and sat with her yoghurt and cornflakes as I crunched through toast and marmite like nothing hadchanged. But it felt different, like magic.Our eyes met for a second over the table and.