I make sure that I dedicate time to it each and every day. It’s a concept to which I’m committed, well, to which we are committed because it incl...des my man and his efforts as well. I told a few of girlfriends about my nightly evening ritual and they all laughed at me. They all told me that it was too time consuming, took too much planning and energy, that it just wasn’t practical. When my sweetie mentioned our rituals to a few of his close buddies, they all teased him that he was. Ben on the other hand wasn’t finding anything at all whilst he searched his pick of the aisles. The sounds of cans rattling against the floor echoed around the store and before long, they were reunited. As Rebecca began to look down the last aisle, her eyes lit up as right at the very end of it was an unopened pack of chicken drumsticks which looked as though they were brand new. Her walk turned to a slow jog as she thought of the joys of a full stomach. As she reached her long awaited meal,. I gave the group of 80 the pep talk and Vicky and I went through the last question and answer session with them. This group would bring four more embassies to full strength.We were on schedule to be in full compliance by Oct 15. As with all plans, obstacles seem to find a way to interfere.One of the Iowa planes lost the number three engine on the flight to Luanda Angola; it was the final flight for the crew and the final delivery of the 12 pre - positioned Black Hawks and Suburbans before. I did hear that the man had been looking for me. That was a week gone. He’d actually come into the bar, but Harold, my boss, knew that I did not want to be bothered by anybody from the old neighborhood. Harold respected my privacy; I loved Harold.The kid would be eight or nine years old now, I knew. I was pretty sure that she didn’t know that I was her daddy. There’d have been no upside for the woman to be telling her, so I was certain that I was little more than a fading memory by now if even.