It was also cold. When I told Millie and Tess we had reached the end of the trail for a day's travel, they got out our lunch and we ate it with relish...Tess untied a blanket she had behind her saddle and we spread it out to relax on while we ate. After we finished eating, Millie went over and pulled a bar of soap out of her saddlebags and waved it in front of us."I think this would be a perfect time for the three of us to take a bath," Millie said."Honey, that water is awful cold," I. .. prefect.The Monday after her first contact Elizabeth Anne Boleyn appeared at the office with THREE applicants for prenatal care and WIC.“They live on a boat.”Sudden inhalations of breath almost sucked the windows out of their frames.“They’re Foreigners.”Nearly shattered the glass.“Might be illegals.”The boss descended from her third floor corner office and shook Elizabeth Anne’s hand.So ... Elizabeth Anne Boleyn wasn’t at the airport when Tyche Selene flew the 89% scale Pitts ... and proved. Fuck! Who am I kidding? I looked down at my shirt just as the school nurse stepped around the hall corner.“Here, you hooligans! Get!”They scattered.She looked me over, “Come with me, David.”I stumbled along behind her.“Nurse Atkins, one moment, if you please,” said Principal EdwardsShe didn’t please but she’d been Nurse long enough to recognize a command ... no matter how politely phrased. Damn all officers! “Yes sir.” It was all she could do to not salute ... old habits die hard.I cringed. The. .* * *For the rest of the day, I took Ashton through the house, and wedid all the housework and laundry together. I showed him how toproperly handle our delicates, and kept making him promises to takehim for a manicure or out for a perm or lingerie shopping if was agood little girl for me. He quickly and quite naturally lost allsense of his male self and gushed at these promises.Starting the next day, though, I sat around and relaxed, as Iordered Aston, or Ashley as he was now constantly.