Well, she thought, the kids are certainly friendly here in Iowa as he walked over to where she was sitting."You want to take some shots with me lady?"... He asked her.She smiled up at him. "I don't know I haven't been on a basketball court since you were probably no more than a baby." Really? A baby you say... well you don't look all that old."All that old, gee, thanks a lot kid. "Well I am. I turned thirty one last month." And I'll never see thirty two she thought."Thirty one, I see, well that's. ”“Expand,” he repeated, then asked, “how so?”“Well, I found that the Tyler Building down on the Square is available,” she explained, “and it would make a beautiful gallery. It’s big enough to have different rooms for different media, like a sculpture room, and has rooms upstairs that I could rent out as studios to other aspiring artists while letting them showcase their work in the gallery, too.”Larry stared intently at his wife, feeling surprised that she had thought through everything so. "On slick roads the added weight in the back presses the rear tires down so we get better traction. It helps keep us on the road." He noticed her smirk. "What?" I'm waiting for the punch line so I can give you a dutiful laugh," she told him."Sweet Bones, there is no joke." He hugged her. "You want to dress up, go put your new boots on." Oh how I have fallen on hard ways," she moaned and raised the back of her hand to her brow in a dramatic gesture. "In college I once debated with myself whether. " Lexi, I have no idea what I'm doing," I said. "Like, in anything. It'slike everything I ever learned in life was completely wrong and I'mtotally lost now."Lexi sat there silently, unsure of what to say, and I couldn't blameher."God, Lexi, I'm so sorry," I said through my tears. "I really messed upbad. I don't think I can do anything right." Well, you got me and Ryan together," she said. "That's somethingright." I guess," I said."Hey, seriously," she said. "What's wrong? This isn't like you at.