XxxMom gave me a full make over today. Mascara. Eyeshadow and lipstick andlip-gloss. I could not believe the transformation. this was mom`sopportunit....Pete. Just try this dress and see how comfy it is. You will look lovely.Ok mom. But don't laughHow does that feel Pete?]As you said mom it feels nice. Feels like I am missing something on mylegs. I am so use to wearing pants.Pete. Now's your chance to try high heels. You can stay in the dress andheels and practice walking and sitting. I. Mike could coverfor me until I felt better.I took his suggestion and took time off to stay at the condo. Mydaily activities usually found me sunning myself at the pool readinga book and listening to the iPod Mike had given me. The other timewas spent inside staring at the screen. I found myself listening tomy iPod more and more as I eagerly watched the transsexual movies. Iwould stay up late and awake with my iPod still playing. Mike wouldcome and go making sure I was eating and drinking. My. We did garner the attention of Rick fora minute. He was checking up on us and seeing how our trip went. For him,we kept it basic like how much fun we had and how much sun we got. AfterRick was gone, we compared tans with Colt and Brennan coming away with thedarkest of our group.With the lights out and the end of the night, Kris and I got in bed for ournightly chat."I feel better now, Matt. Things will return to normal before I know it,"he commented leaned on his elbow."I knew it would. I could. All of the houses had been torched and either the raiders had taken everyone with them, or they pushed the bodies into the houses before razing them because there were no twisted, tortured corpses littering the village square or the single paved street running east-west. Only slaughtered animals gave proof to the violence of the attack, their scavenger-covered bodies scattered around the smoking village. Myka stumbled through Mynar sobbing, finally collapsing with fatigue beneath a willow oak.