Of course, my meeting with Mandy would be just as frustrating in another way. Finding a way to shelter my investment income from the government so I c...uld avoid the excessive tax rates was bound to be frustrating.By the time Rebeca joined us half an hour later, I was convinced Mandy was a genius. She came up with a loophole I would never have considered that kept me from paying any taxes to the Italian government on my investments. When Julien had basically adopted me as part of his family, he. “Don’t make it so easy for me.” I grinned back. “All right then, what’d you cook?” “Baked rolls, shrimp and scallop pasta, steamed vegetables, twice baked potatoes and chocolate torte,” my husband listed. I should mention that Kurt is a professional cook, but rarely has time or energy to cook fancy meals at home. I look at my husband from across the table and my eyes fill with adoration. “Why don’t you slide your chair over by me honey. You’re just too far away.” Kurt scooched over close and. I got in and drove to the gate. I slid the card through and the gateopened. There was no one sitting there at the gate, which wasn'tunusual. I drove the car into the next state. I left the pass card onthe passenger's seat, the keys in the ignition, and her backpack on theback seat. I put the steering wheel and the driver's seat back whereMegan had them. I walked down the road for about three miles then Iremoved the bags from my shoes and the gloves from my hands and stuffedthem into my pockets.. Leslie gets eleven paid holidays and I get six so she has a lot of free time that I don't get to share with her. It hasn't been a major problem because of two simple facts: I can't stand her family (neither can she most of the time) and they live four hundred miles away. Leslie usually takes three weeks off during the summer and goes back to visit them and she always tells them I couldn't come because I don't have enough seniority to bid for summer vacation time. This has been the case for the.