I want everyone there." Who said you were having a party?" asked Alex. His face gave away thefact that he was joking. * * *Monday arrived and Pau...a prepared for her final week at school, well,the final week of wearing the uniform. That morning she explained aboutthe leavers party."Well, make sure you don't get too friendly with Kelly in case anyonetries to be funny," said Laura."I won't, but I'll be dancing with her, and Linda too," she replied."Ok, see you later."All the signs that it was. " Hetrailed off a bit helplessly."The client doesn't give a shit about your excuses, Joe. I promised themwe'd have the proposal in their hands tomorrow, and you should have beendone Monday so I would have time to go over your work." Her armsuncrossed and her hands went to her hips. "You will finish the proposalin the next hour, or I swear I will make you regret it."With an imperious sweep of her head, Angela turned and stalked awaytoward her office. Joe watched her go, somewhere between shocked. Well.I bought one of those cheap 'pay as you go' mobile phones.I was going to anonymously text mum and see if I could have some fun. I sat down with my new phone, just fresh out of the wrapper, new SIM card inserted, and placed it on the charger. What would be my first text to her... "R U single?"I waited for a reply - what had I done? Texting mum in this way was crazy, if she found out, I was in real trouble... Maybe she wouldn't text back thinking it was one of those 'junk' texts that are. . a third of the country is past the AC. So ... although it winters in Minnesota ... it's not as bad as Finland.In Minnesota, ice fishing is a pastime, iceboat racing is another pleasure.In Minnesota, the Truancy laws provide for a member of the local police to be selected as the Truant officer.Rather than be a burden on our cousins we lived in a Motor Lodge cabin. A touristy sort of thing. Nearly every town on or closely associated with a lake had one ... motoring had become a thing.The truant.