It was wonderland to me and I spent well over an hour looking and touching. I made a mental list of faves and then cleaned up.The following Saturday D...d had been called in for some big wig visit and so I slept in a bit. I got up and Mom was cooking so I went down and talked to her a bit. She asked if I’d be a warrior and do laundry since I’d done so well last week and she was in a hurry. Of course I said ok.“Let Em sleep in if she wants, and tell her breakfast is in the oven. Ill be back in a. Not too much more to go. Trying again, it was getting hard on my fingers and thumbs. One more, yes. Oh God, it's getting very tight, try again, another one caught. Another pause, try again, struggling, yes, caught. Try again, almost there, missed, try again, no, take a break. Flex my hands and fingers, this is getting very difficult. Another wriggle, another attempt, so close, so close, yes, no, yes, yes, only two to go.The next two proved much more difficult. But finally and feeling exhausted,. “Here they are!” I practically shouted. Some magical, mystical guardian angel made my eyes fall on the unfamiliar dark glasses laying folded on top of the TV, right where Maggie had carelessly laid them. Burton smiled, looked at the pair of dirty, unshined boots Javon had tossed on the floor the previous night, then looked back and me and grinned.“Well good,” he said. “I guess we can make it out of here before noon after all.” I handed him the glasses, blushing for no apparent reason, still. " Thanks, Tom. I had a lot of fun swimming, but, like Anne, I gave it up when I came here. Things like college or swimming — I can only be excellent at one of those. Takes too much time, and I figured, if I went for serious swimming, I'd be 30 and out of work. Not too attractive." Yeah, of course, by the time you're a senior in high school, you're either national champion or you've already made that decision." Or had it made for you," Saul replied. "Families push kids into the championship.