Chapter 104

On Monday things were back to the normal grind. Be at the college at eight to deal with a normal day. I needed normal days for a while. I was worn out every night when I left the gym. I had no doubt that we were going to have to hire additional people unless we were experiencing a true holiday run because of the tanning booth. The days were going so fast that they were almost a blur.

Patti and I worked almost the full day on the first two of the scheduled away rape seminars. The first was at PSU at Hazleton Pa. on January 10th. Patti made the room reservations at the Hilton North for Friday night. We would leave Friday morning early and get there in time to set for the seminar stay over and drive back Saturday morning. They had everything we would need except the Homer dummies and we could carry them in the back of the suburban. We would only need an over night bag for each of us and the body padding for Jenny and I. This would be the last one that she would be doing as the villain.

We were going to do our first attempt at home artificial insemination the middle of the month. So getting kicked and thrown about would be out of the question. The cover story would be that since the girls were going to take the program over as a part of the training offered by the gym we needed to run each of them through to find the best villain.

The second one was scheduled on the 31st of January at Ohio State University in Parkersburg. That was a 12 hour drive and you had better not hit any traffic jams. We were going to leave at 4am drive straight through then do the seminar and stay over and drive back Saturday. If the weather for cast looked bad we would go a day early and stay two nights.

Monday evening I picked up the Dress Blues at Susie's Sewing Shop. I tried the on before I left with them. They fit perfectly. It was easy to stand straight and tall in the mirror and reminisce and be proud. The rows of polished medals made me feel a little taller in my shoes. I just hoped that I remembered all the dance steps to those fancy waltzes they liked to do at those things.

I changed and headed over to the gym. The girls said they had been very busy today and would appreciate my help. I was hoping for enough of a break to go a little tanning for my self. I needed a couple of sessions to get my tan where it would be perfect for wearing the blues.

Mom 2 was going to bring Joey by so she could spend some time with her former partners in mischief. She was still moving slow but she and Mom 2 were hitting it off. They had already been shopping for more appropriate clothing as Mom 2 called it.

Lorrie ran into the gym to get me she had been working the window, "Their here the same Marines that were here in the summer. They asked for Master Sergeant Roberta Jones. They have more papers. Please tell them you are not going."

I went to the waiting room to meet Gunny Richard day and Captain Horace Ryan. I escorted them into the empty class room. Today there were no guns lying on the tables. Jamie's classes today were of the live fire type and were being held at the gun club.

I opened the conversation by saying, "Nothing has changed since our last meeting."

Horace laughed and said, "I was sure that you were firm in your decision. That's why we didn't come back. Recruiting is only one of the things that I do. I am also the area chairman of the Toys for Tots. I know you have heard of the Marine Corps program where we collect toys for the needy during the holiday season. I have been out of town for the last couple of weeks and just saw the ad's for the gym. We are hoping that you would like to join us and support this worthy cause. All we ask is that you allow us to place a donation box and post a few signs signifying that is an official Toys For Tots collection site and that you are a member of the Toys for Tots Family."