Since this is the last summer that we will have before you both go to college, we, meaning your Mother and I, have decided that a family camping trip ...s in order.Both kids groaned at the announcement. Camping!?! That’s for young kids. We are heading to college in a few months! DJ said.Sleeping in a tent on the ground!! Not my thing anymore Dad. Judy yelled at me.Wait! You have not heard where we will be camping. We want you kids to go off to school with some knowledge about life first. And your. When she’d done that I showed her how the oven worked and we pushed the first batch in. Closing the door, I saw her face reddening in the heat and she blew out her cheeks, as the door closed. ‘I warned you about the heat,’ I said grinning, she nodded and fanned herself with a hand. ‘Phew, you did, but it still a surprise,’ she said and grinned. We worked steadily through the day. True to her word she seemed eager to go into the shop and talk to the customers and take their orders. At the end of. The door bell rings and I feel the excitement I felt sixteen years ago, innocent anticipation only a little child could have. The younger me bursts through the front door of the tiny apartment shouting an over-joyed greeting to…the paperboy. The child me is crestfallen, and I feel that inside all over again and seeing this scene replayed made me remember why things like this stuck with you through life. Seven years after this, and I’ve moved up north to a new suburban place and school leaving. James Bond.”Crystal broke up laughing, “Seriously?”The maître d’, Phil, nodded and made a point of scanning his reservation list.“Ah, yes, Mr. Bond, we have a table for two ready for you. Please, follow me.”He’d pulled it off perfectly, without even a smirk. He led us to a table that Alex usually reserved for romantic evenings. It was the one I’d be sitting at with Jessica and Kara on Sunday evening. He pulled out Crystal’s chair, and she sat down. I waited for her to sit before I sat down.