It was open enough that I could poke my head in without moving it. There he was, fast asleep in his chair, head tilted back, lightly snoring. He looke... so cute, I couldn't bear to disturb him. It was moments like these that my guilt really ate at me. He was a good man and I did love him dearly. I pushed these thoughts from my mind and flipped off the light. Suddenly he stirred. "Marie? Honey, is that you?" he asked turning the chair to completely face me. "Yeah, hon, it's me. Sorry, I didn't. After getting her husband's permission, I did. It took me months just to come up with a design I was pleased with and was sure would be safe. When I finally delivered it to her she was ecstatic. I had to made a quick retreat too, because she seemed like she was going to try it out right there.I later found out that she did! She loved it so much that it only took her two months to wear the damn thing out. She came back practically on hands and knees begging for me to fix it or make another one.. .. laughing at him!“WELL THAT was RUDE!” Alex said in mock exasperation as he attempted to stand in a somewhat dignified manner, which was severely hampered by the soap suds dripping down into his eyes and the rubber ducky sponge he was clutching in his left hand.The encounter had the desired effect for Sam. She watched as the tension just kinda evaporated between her and Nicole concerning Alex, she realized that Nicole had grabbed her hand and as they stood there all laughing at the. It never ceases to amaze me how drinking reasonable quantities of something that seemed so good at the time, could have such a debilitating effect next day. I crawled gingerly from my bunk and disappeared into the bathroom to emerge feeling much better having used the toilet and shower and had a shave. I brewed a pot of coffee and settled down again this morning with today's newsletter to await Mom's awakening, not expecting her to be in anywhere near as good a mood and condition as.