I watched Mrs. Greybill's expressions as she listened. She was at first surprised, then she paid close attention."Cindy's the best of us at writing," ...erri said, "so I go get her if I want to get help with writing. And math, that's either Cindy or Nikki. Susan and Tina are better choices for social studies. Sciences? It's a toss-up. And of course there's Dad or two other engineers and an engineering technician." She smiled. "And Grandma Desai for a view from another culture. She's an Indian. .Present – Major "MadDog" MurdockWe make our video pass, climb and head to the south when I look at the damn road and call, "Mother Hen this is Tango Uniform we have an issue..."Mother Hen replies, "Tango Uniform report."I reply, "Sir there are more vehicles headed into Texas all the time and some are beginning to disperse on the side roads. It looks like they are after more than Bob's Country Bunker. I would say this is another invasion of Texas."Mother Hen orders, "Tango Uniform, get back. Fifty lines, 'I will not sass the teacher, as she is quick of temper and may inflict great bodily harm upon my fundament, ' in her own blood. Fifty times.At the very bottom, mother wrote, 'Miss Austin: I am heartily ashamed of my actions. Please, forgive me.Mom'.Not Mrs. Austin ... Mom.She understood.I turned to her and got her very wet ... snot even. We howled ... both of us. Mr. Austin's hand went from strike mode to brushing his hair back."I'll never understand women as long as I live," he. ”My mother’s reaction kept changing. She was shocked. She was stunned. She was infuriated, but none of those emotions seemed to work for her, and she finally gave up the battle, turned on her heel, and left the room, going straight to her bedroom and slamming the door.I waited about twenty minutes for her to come back with a fresh argument, but she remained behind closed doors.I called Regina, found out she could meet me for coffee and left the house.Reggie and I talked and did some smooching.