But when I thought about it, I realized that we usually only did it when Mom was gone because Dad goes off and messes with the computer when Mom's hom...e. He always seems more at ease when Mom's out of town. I wonder if he actually looked forward to these times – a chance to be himself without her nagging at him.All too soon the 10 o'clock news was over and I moved from my warm and comfy spot against Daddy's side as he stretched... "Tomorrow's a school day, Rae-rae," he yawned. "You'd better get. ‘Oh aye, an’ my mother lives in Stornoway. I’ll tell her ye’re coming,’ Hamish said. Next thing I knew we’d been invited to stay the night when we landed. ‘Ye’ll have to,’ said Hamish, ‘Ma’ll be offended if ye don’t.’ The horizontal rain as we walked up the street to the little house was more than enough to convince me that accepting had been wise. The welcome from Mrs McLeod couldn’t have been warmer, and we were soon outside a welcoming meal, toasting our toes before a peat fire, the first. After reading for a couple of hours, Callie realized that Cade might be angry that she had taken the liberty of getting into the boxes in the basement, so she quickly packed up the books, except for the one she was reading, and toted the box back down the stairs to the basement. It took some courage, but she managed to run inside and put the box back where she found it. Then she rushed back upstairs, and curled up on the couch and continued to read her book until the kids came home from. The Humans who ride me are almost always adults. I have noticed that the females generally have partially-bare legs, and their feet are often set at an unusual angle because of a short stick underneath the back of each foot.There are periods of time where almost no one makes use of my services. In those periods, I simply rest and wait until I am summoned. Then I either go up or I go down to where I am needed, my doors open, one or more people step in, my doors close, I go up or I go down, my.