I waved back and went back to my photo adventure. I happened to go past the van and as I looked towards the cab I saw the driver, and he rolled his wi...dow down and waved me over. As I got closer I could see the passengers head in the drivers lap. I stopped where I was and watched for a minute. The driver waved me over to get a closer look, so I went closer. They were both about my age (60s), and obviously didnt care what I saw. The passenger raised his head, smiled and told the driver he owed. “And, boys, this is Patricia,” Helen continued, motioning to the younger girl standing near the back wall. She looked first at my brother, giving him the same easy smile that I remembered across more than 30 years. Her smile was still there when she turned toward me but, unlike my idiot brother, I returned it in kind. In fact, seeing her smiling and accepting again, rather than closed off by the jerk that I’d been, finalized my thoughts on how to handle this.With my mind made up I crossed the. "John, try to alter the crystals in this new area. If this can be accomplished then we may have found a way to help us overcome some of our delivery problems."In just a few minutes the new computer was being tested then the crystals began to glow and even change shape. When Mom's tractors took them out they were checked and found to be as good as we could make them."That's good, John. This means that you can rearm yourself with these new weapons. Now, we have to see about moving you to your. "That's not coach..." Wake up!" she yelled, laughing loudly and giggling as she ripped away at his bed covers. "It's ten o'clock on Saturday, for Pete's sake!"His Mom had snuck quietly into the room and attacked him while he was sleeping off a late night of playing video games."Mom!" He'd exclaimed as he tried to hold onto the sheet and comforter. "Sheesh! Give a guy a break!"She laughed again and they began a tug-of-war with the bed sheets. "So you think," she said and grunted with effort,".