. those we were born into and those who we choose to invite in. Merry Christmas and may God see fit to allow us the pleasure to enjoy our new and larg...r family for the years yet to come."Linda and Julie got a bit misty eyed, then I realized I was as well. I was in this life, the daughter of Mike and Ann, but they had opened their hearts to include Wendy and Linda and Julie and of course Einstein. Tom and Rita had joined in and accepted us all for who we were and now it was expanding even more. Pat wanted to run at least two training sessions a day to get the untrained magic-savvy.Chris said that since they had twelve in the crew, they could pair up and then they would only need to do two, two-hour watches each day. If an inexperienced crew received alarms, then they could call whoever was needed. The main crew would take over when they needed to jump.Darla mentioned that this ship now had the longest range sensors she had ever encountered on a ship. They could pick up bits of junk in. If I could record it I could have "The Worlds funniest Conversations" for sure.I passed out at the keyboard at about three, and was kind of creaky when I got up. Going to work seemed kind of pointless, except to do the "clean up" that the questionnaire told me to do. I guess it made sense, getting all that stuff done early so I didn't think about it later.My lawyer appointment on Thursday was brief. She said she was sorry (of course) and that these questionnaires seem make life a lot easier for. " "That's great!" Siobhan smiled. "Yes it is, but that doesn't mean I'm letting you off easy." "W-What do you mean?" She moved back into her chair. Daniel rose up from his chair and walked around to Siobhan. He crouched down beside her and placed his hand on her thigh. Siobhan shivered as his smooth hand ran up and down her thigh. "What you did, or should I say didn't do, could have caused the company a big problem. The magazine's release date is today and if your article was missing from it,.