To celebrate I took a quick break and had another beer.I did my eye shadow next; in two shades of turquoise and pink. Then blushon my cheeks. Finally ...lack mascara to the undersides of my top eyelashesand the top of my bottom eyelashes. I Brushed out my longhaired brunettewig and fastened it securely to my skullcap and hit it with some hairspray. So now, except for my lipstick, my face was done!Nude except for my Victoria's Secret robe, I went into the bedroom whereI had laid out my clothes for. How the hell did that comment slip out? She’d not even been aware of the thought, which was unusual for her. ‘I take it that’s your humor overtaking your mouth?’ ‘Yes, well spotted, but there’s no need to be rude about it.’ ‘We used to laugh a lot together, didn’t we>,’ ‘Yes, and that was even less than a week ago.’ He looked surprised. ‘Only a week, it feels like a year.’ ‘What kind of dress should I buy?’ ‘One that fits you?’ ‘That’s not helpful.’ ‘But it’s humorous, just a little. Gone on,. Just try to get something there. I will call you when I get back to the city next Monday, I have been entertaining guests, am several hours away.I found myself up in the Heights having a drink w/ Louisa in a bar frequented by doctors, nurses, interns from the great hospital complex. She was nervous but pretty composed given that her employer had fired her and the mistress of the house had died suddenly (turns out it was sepsis from internal inflammation). She looked so good. We talked about. Laura and I moved into our house with our “children” and set up housekeeping. Laura had been on birth control pills to regularize her periods and was staying on them with my agreement.We are happy and have learned a lot about farming. We are starting to make preparations for a time without gasoline and, eventually, electricity. These are issues that we know will come and we are trying to look ahead rather than simply react. Ed and Bert are marvelous in patiently teaching about farming and in.