The enemy did come. They came, in fact, in a way which made history, for they launched what was the first airborne invasion of an island. There were n... landing craft, they did not storm any beaches, this was not Iwo Jima or Normandy, they came much later in this conflict. Here the invaders came in slow lumbering planes full of paratroops, and huge wooden gliders stuffed with soldiers. These were easy targets for Jack and his friends. The shells split the planes and gliders apart and bodies fell. What’s the fun in that? I wanna go shopping! The local parks are all closed, which doesn’t mean the running and biking trails are closed, but all the loos are locked and I don’t know about you, but squatting behind a bush is for real emergencies only! One of my best friends found some poison ivy that way, and … shall we say it makes the rest of us very cautious in those real emergencies!I know you are probably experiencing the same thing, hopefully, minus the poison ivy. I guess one question is. At breakfast, Elaine remarked that she noted the power blinks and that she guessed it would not get better.I reset work parties to get generating power set up for the coming power failure. At first, we thought of portable generators like what a Home Depot or Lowe's would sell. As I thought further and talked with Doris and Elaine as well as Jim in Chapel Hill, the realization dawned that I was not thinking big enough. We went out searching and found trailers of big generators. I found some. I needed to make another date with her, and I did. I can’t remember ever being so nervous as I was that day. As soon as the date was made, in honor of what I hoped to share, I decided I’d be all dressed up—at least underneath. If I didn’t get up the nerve to tell her (a very distinct possibility), I would at least have the pleasure of going out feeling all feminine underneath my male clothes. I shaved. I lotioned. I painted my toenails. I selected a black, heavy garter belt, black panties and a.