A little to his surprise, they agreed that was a pretty good way to go about it.They were, not surprisingly, anywhere near as thrilled with the idea o... him taking the boys to Bradford for a while. In fact, in the process of the discussion, Stan made a counter-proposal he obviously had thought hard about -- move to Hartford with the boys, and become involved in the family business, so that in time it could be passed down to them. Drawing deep on his reserves of diplomacy, Dave agreed it had a. But it wasn't.There was scheduled to be 16 hours of this loud din, the hard vibrations, the shaking, the sudden lurching, and the bumping. CLACKITY CLACK CLACKITY CLACK! WHOOOOONK WHOOOONK!I was laying on my bed. I was happy. I wasn't sleeping, but boy was I happy. I was on the top bunk. I normally wouldn't sleep on the top bunk, but the light of my life, she had the tendency to fall out of bed at home. While there was a safety net here, I didn't want to take the chance that she'd fall out of. That would be the safest way to transport them.I moved toward the bar and was handed a Bloody Mary, but I didn't get to drink any of it. Lisa had snuck up behind me and took it from my hand. Steve grinned and fixed me another one. Steve said, "Do you want me to go to Australia with you guys? I can stay a while longer if you need me." No, go home as planned, Steve. Some of my women want to go home and the kids need to go home. I know I'm keeping two of your ladies, but I'm sending some of mine. The same as yesterday's lunch, and not nearly as much as I wanted. The last three meals had been about a quarter of what I would've eaten at home. I hadn't been doing anything physical, but I was pretty sure most of my energy went to power my brain's activities which hadn't reduced at all - maybe even increased if constant sight blobbing used additional energy - so I was damned hungry.When I'd finished my breakfast, I said, "Excuse me, but I'm still SERIOUSLY hungry. Could I have some more.