Almost straight away I recognized that the film was of our street but maybe 18 months to 2 years ago. Some of the houses had been painted and some of ...he gardens changed. The title on the screen said "Home Alone" and it looked slightly more professional than Dad usually filmed. A van drove into our drive with a sign for a plumber on it. Then a young guy, maybe mid twenties, gets out of the van wearing T-shirt and shorts, checks a list, picks up his tool box and heads for our front door. I. " You ate it?" That is to say, the half that was left--you understand; it was exquisite, sir. Ah, those gentlemen never choose the worst morsels; like Mere Simon's son, who has not chosen the worst strawberries. But this year," continued the horticulturist, "I'll take care it shall not happen, even if I should be forced to sit by the whole night to watch when the strawberries are ripe." Monte Cristo had seen enough. Every man has a devouring passion in his heart, as every fruit has its worm;. I hadn’t thought much of it until I had gotten a snap chat from her from the orthodontist office, asking what color she should get while holding a large key ring of all the different colors they offered. I had assumed she’d go with clear again as her braces were ceramic and designed specifically to blend in with the enamel of her teeth. From a distance, one could barely notice them except for the thin steel wire spanning her smile. I had suggested baby blue, partly because I had heard it didn’t. The strangest thing about this morning had been how not strange it had been. Waking up next to McKenzie instead of Barbara felt normal, like this was how things were supposed to be. I’d risen before 6 o’clock, as was becoming the norm, and I listened to my BDE recording. I’d decided to try shifting my daily self-hypnosis to the beginning of the day instead of the end, and I had been rewarded with a surge of energy and rejuvenation that felt almost as good as a fresh cup of coffee. It vitalized.