”Ruth said, “I think that might be from Shakespeare.”David said, “Mistress, I don't mean to be impudent, but I think it was Mae West.”Smilin..., Ruth said, “Davey, that was impudent and now I do have a reason to punish you when we get home.”David bowed his head. “Mistress, I was hoping you would take that position.”“No sweetheart, you're the one who will be taking the position. I'll be wielding the hairbrush and I don't intend to be delicate.”David gasped. We all grinned.Mark said, “So may we. We’ll be run ragged but we love it," Noreen says. She picks up Storm’s bag and heads for the door, followed by Brad, carrying Stephanie. Once they are gone, John walks over to Sandy. Taking her into his arms, they kiss deeply. Sandy is really getting into the kiss and suddenly there is a bright flash and very loud bang of thunder, a close lightening strike. Sandy pulls back, eyes huge, and is whimpering. “Its ok honey, it’s ok," John tells her. “Dammit John, why can’t I be like Storm and enjoy. But I found field work was out of my league, I just wasn’t bold enough, so I switched to teaching in college. It was easy enough to get by most of the time, and when I was hired here I thought this would be terrific. There are only two weeks of class that I still have a hard time with, the frog dissection and sexual organs.The kids are merciless, making wise-cracks, cat-calls, and writing dirty notes to each other and even in some cases to ME! I always just ignore them and focus on the. “We still ought to get together for dinner one night.“Sure, I’m not busy any night at all since Eddie stays at school almost all the time now,” she said.It was the second time she stated that he stayed away. She seemed overly disappointed by it. Maybe it was just mama concerns.“I’m sure Eddie will come around,” I said.“If he stays out of trouble long enough. He was not raised to be in trouble or to hang out with kids who were. I always knew he could get into trouble easily. It’s why I enrolled.