They will examine his elbow more closely later. They are still saying there isn't much to worry about and he will fully recover."Mom came in and we ha... coffee together. She had little to say. When it came time to get the kids up, I went into the girls' room and said it was time to get up. They were excited to see me and bounced out of bed. I stepped in and spoke to Rich. He smiled and said he was glad to see me. He was a lot slower to get out of bed and I had to speak to him again, telling him. “Guess we should knock on the front door and see if anyone is home, and if they are receiving visitors,” I told Josh with a smile.“You know very well that they are home, and that is a very strong ward,” Josh told me in a no nonsense voice.“Still, it would only be polite to knock and let them know that we were calling,” I told him with a smile. “My mama taught me that a southern lady is always polite,” I added.“Maddy, you have become more brazen since you have been studying those Ley Line. While collecting unemployment, he even took the first two weeks off from looking for a job to have the vacation he never got. He hoped the time off would reenergized him for what he needed to do to find another job. Only, more than three years later and four federal emergency unemployment extensions, he was still unemployed and no longer a statistic to be counted. They even had a name for displaced people like him, the 99’ers, named that because they collected 99 weeks of unemployment, an. “Same here. I’m not in the mood for partying.” Beth stated.“Yea, I know the feeling.” I replied.“Well have a Happy New Year’s, Jeff.” she wished.“You too, Beth.”The day passed slowly, I guess about six-thirty that evening the neighbours started shooting fireworks. They had an annual party and always spent a small fortune on fireworks. Several times, Susan and I had set up chairs in our front yard, wrapped in blankets and watched the show. Once again, there were dozens of people across the.