Back home the celebration continued. I asked mom if I could change outof my dress. She said I could if I wanted to show daddy how cute Ilooked in my b...by doll pajamas. I decided immediately that would beworse so I sat down quietly. I certainly didn't want to have dad see mein that stupid girls nightie. As I was sitting there, mom brought outsome nicely wrapped presents for me to open. The first one was smalland it was from my dad. I opened it and found it contained a bottle ofperfume. Perfume?. With Stacy on my arm, I led the girls outside to my car—one of the few material possessions I have that I'm quite proud of. Growing up as a scientifically and environmentally minded boy in Southern California, my first gift to myself when I'd gotten my first job after getting my doctorate was to put a down payment on a 2003 Toyota Prius. Of course, I also had to wait nearly six months on a waiting list to get the hybrid car, but I felt it was well worth it.Since getting my new job, I really. By the time he was combing things out, fluffing me up with a drier as he did, the nail experts finished my toes. Ooo boy! That meant I was about to get waxed. I didn't really need it -- the dress didn't show THAT much, and my already light bush had been shaved before I took on the Worm -- but what the heck, it was free and Greg and Kathy might appreciate it.Me? Would I enjoy it? Enjoy which, the process, or the result? Both, of course, don't be silly!The cosmetologist was back and I told her I. "As in the Order's library in the Meikari capital, the headquarters of the truthseekers was simply an enormous, multi-tiered room lined with shelves which held the total sum of knowledge still existing in Titia-Lohr and gathered by the Order of the Ever Present Truth. White-robed truthseekers and gaily clad citizens roved the shelves, consulting the treasures of the Order for enlightenment or enjoyment.Also as in Hynost-Qaanzyr, there was a labyrinth of offices, laboratories, class rooms,.