Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years' saw us all gathered in a throng, a sea of bodies, all happy chaos ...nd whimsy and much, much hugging and kissing.Then there was Ellen's funeral.We gathered as an extended group, but there was laughter only at her memory, happiness only in our memories of her. She'd been taken from us by an uninsured drunk with seven DUI convictions and not a hint of a license.There was no justice, not for her; the driver served a. .. Ugh ... innocent. I am a good girl."She wilted a bit at declaring her innocence because the deputy was twisting his tool inside her like a nasty bully. Julie didn't like it at all and thought it was unprofessional of the law enforcement officer to be treating her in such a degrading manner.He just laughed and gave her back her panties to put back on and she limped over to the holding cell. She had no idea where Maxine or the surfer boy was taken but if they were here right now, she would. ....I loved, totally loved, my Girls Night. Pasta, creamy mushroom sauce,side-order of garlic mushrooms. For dessert a big plate of tiramasubrought out on a trolley with sparklers and the servers leading a happybirthday song. Once or twice we got a bit raucous, we did have Tansyalong, but mostly we just chattered and had fun. At one point for somereason we got on to wasp stings, if I was taking part and laughing I wasfinding that I was still Quiet Polly. But I forced myself to top thelot. . But fortunately I have other more loveable traits.The flyer seemed to interest her and she was mildly curious about why I was visiting strip clubs until I reminded her about the odd dual nature of the Zipper — respectable diner by day, sinful den of iniquity by night. The flyer was advertising for an "Amateur Toy Night" to be held Friday two weeks from now, with an offered First Prize of $1000 for the winning lady.Toots was more than a tad curious about this and I had to remind her several.