When the shirts arrived, I found out that 'salmon' is not 'pink'. She gave me that smile, and I guess I like my shirt.There were two parts to the chal...enge. The first goal was weight loss. I could certainly stand to lose a couple pounds, or maybe twenty, but my weight had been pretty consistent for the last few years. There were people in the challenge that were very likely to lose a lot more than I would. I knew I could make up points on the other part of the challenge.The second part. Rain had started to fall, with a storm in the offing, hence a night at the drive-in theatre was not a good choice.Ava surprised me when she suggested "Let's go back to your place. I'd love to listen to some music in comfort". This was surprising given that I had told her that my parents were away for a week, and that meant that we would be alone.I have a one bedroom apartment above the garage. It was there that we found ourselves, sitting in my comfy lounge chair listening to some good music. I. She seldom smiles, and when she does, it’s something akin to the Mona Lisa, wan and ambiguous. Ben’s never seen her laugh, not even when the other guests yuck it up over a joke or some comical situation. Mindy can do better, Ben thinks. She should have married a guy like him, college educated, physically fit. He’s not rich. Even so, he’s got a secure position with the Social Security Administration. He hauls in about eighty grand a year. Sure, it pales in comparison to Sam’s six-figure gig,. Most of that room is shiny and I thought it was the reflection or the light and the water but no more water.“Hey, boss! Do we get supper tonight or do we have to find more,” Micky asked.He looked at Mark and he said guess we could feed him and Mark said fat chance. Never seen that boy push away from a table. Everyone smiled.Meg and Mike came in, Meg said she drilled 14 holes for the door and a bunch for the big opening, the portable concrete saw cut from hole to hole to open it up and Mike.