To Rick, even the singing of the birds mocked him. True, as a ranger in the forest service, he'd chosen a life near the wilderness, near the nature h... so loved. But it was a lonely job. He worked in this remote cabin, all alone most of the time, five days out of the week. The nearest habitation was almost a hundred miles away, and apart from the occasional hiking and camping group, his days on the job were solitary. Rick knew his social skills were lacking; in part, it was because he was. I needed real private time with the girls and boys. This job was beginning to wear on me.Things started to go downhill by nine; General Ingram had been in twice and closed the door both times.There were big meetings going on upstairs in several rooms, meetings that I did not even have clearance to attend, not that I wanted to.He had been frustrated in his attempts to do anything in regards to meeting in La Jarita Mexico.The best he could come up with was satellite surveillance of the area with. It turned out to be Bill, who only had a queen high hand. Bill stood up and removed his pants and handed them to Sharon, leaving Bill sitting there in his underpants and undershirt.It was now Cathy's deal, and she slowly gathered up the cards, shuffled them, and began to deal the next hand. Everyone put his or her ante into the pot. I picked up my cards and looked at a big nothing, an ace, eight, seven, three and a two. The betting started with Bill, who passed. Betty also passed, but Joe. "I nominate Representative Lance Panitski of Illinois for Minority Whip," Rep. Angelica Vasquez surprised herself by speaking up. Well, she knew that someone would and she wanted to go ahead and get it over with already.Everyone present was rather stunned, but they were aware that Panitski was the only challenger to Murphy at the time of his resignation. The biggest upset was the decisive way that the New Mexico Democrat had tackled the matter. She had not drawn any public attention to herself.