In the meantime, it is getting on toward supper time for you. Or are you not hungry?”“Actually Fred I am not very hungry right now, but maybe by t...e time it is ready I can force myself to eat something.”“Riiiighttt. And Angel won’t want to sit on your lap and eat too.”“You know me too well Fred. See you later.”I went out to sit in my place and Angel came and sat in my lap waiting for supper too. After a good meal I stood to announce a new activity.“People of this camp, you have been watching. Let Arlene pilot the ship until itbecame the way things were? Yes, I said. Yes, let's give in. Arlene tookover and I was her and I wondered what all the fuss had been about. Itwas just a period. First day was always like this. I knew it was true.I had half the day left, maybe I could see what Brian was up to, eventhough yesterday had been weird. I knew it wouldn't escalate too much ifwe got together since we both were not fans of sex while I was having myperiod. That guy I dated year before. It was good news. HUD had spent weeks in California securing additional qualified contractors to construct low income housing.Three hundred contractors were now or would soon start constructing three hundred two hundred unit complexes. There were additional properties coming forward every day that were offered to join the HUD program.Additional money donated by a group of California tech companies had quadrupled the one billion investment and now people were taking notice and willing to work. He would be cutting it close to see the first Final Four match for no reason. As he thought about it, he realized that was not true. He had a very good reason: he was a member of a team and he had the obligation to be there. Cheryl would tell him the same thing.The game they were flying to was expected to be another warmup win for a team with an early-season ranking. Cal had been feeling it in practice, but when he stepped onto the floor for warmups, he really noticed it - he felt unmistakably.