Big sister. Responsible role model, above my chronological age in insight and maturity. Facilitator of our child's precocious excursions into life." Y...u've thought about this a lot?" I daydream. You're a constant presence. Too much daydreaming about YOU, though, and I have gooshy panties. I also daydream about Vicki and how she fits into our life." Not 'lives'?" I very specifically said 'life'. Singular. Because you and me, we exist within each other. Now we have added Vicki." So you're good. Production was not likely to get too high by summer, so I would start by issuing them to a set of picked men. I'd also send one of the new tools to Juniper Hills to get one of our smiths to make them also. Fortunately, the first set of entrenching tools could be pretty crude; we were only after function and durability not beauty.The damp grass along the road was full of wildflowers and other tendrils of green. I stopped and picked a bouquet. The old estate guards teased me in good humor from. .i would become a laughing stock Alan just said...well i think you should give it a go and see if it works, i am going to go and get one of the tee shirts and i think there are some things left over from one of our bar girls that left in a hurry a few weeks back i will see if she left some of her shorts. with that off he went leaving me a little shocked and confused, was i going to do this what would people think if the saw me dressed like that?a few mins later Alan returned carrying a few. (Men don’t cry.) I had my picture taken with just about everyone. There was a cake and some ice cream. I was touched by the whole thing. I was told that Eve and the girls had put this all together. They knew I had no plans to celebrate this milestone. If left to my own devices, I’d just take my diploma and go quietly home. They made sure to make it memorable.After the celebration, Coach and I were off to Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan for the State Championship. We arrived.