Confidence, confidence...I was going to be fine; verymuch more feminine, but fine.Thank god the wine had worn off before we made our way from my home ...todinner. I chose a place I normally don't go to often, because of thedistance from my home. The burgers were always awesome, and the view fromthe outdoor patio was to die for! It is on a lake, with the outdoordining area going out over the water. The sunsets there are breathtaking,with wonderful pines, cypress and oaks surrounding the lake. . . uh, messing with us about Jeff's radar. They're going to buy it. I know it, and they know it. If they don't come around shortly, I'll start talking to Britain and Canada. I've already demonstrated it to several of the big dogs in our air force and navy. It's just a matter of time."I've told the pols that the price is going up shortly, so chances are, I'll have a sale on a few hundred units for 'testing' by the time we reach our final size optimization," he concluded, seemingly a little. "Oh, I don't know, since I was eight or nine maybe. Mom and I ran into him one day in the east valley, over past the creek. I think they knew each other... I mean from before," she finished as I stopped the pickup in front of the cabin."Hasn't changed much," I said looking around the clearing that housed the cabin my grandfather had built almost sixty years ago, "in fact, maybe looks better than it used to." Jim was always doing something. Painting or replacing the windows, clearing underbrush,. So over the next couple of days, shespent the evenings after supper showing me how to put on eye liner,mascara, blusher, lipstick, and all those sorts of things. At first Ifigured it was really dumb but by the end of the sessions, I was reallyenthusiastic to see how a little work with the cosmetics could reallychange my appearance. Well, sometimes the changes weren't for thebetter. I was over at Emma's house a week or so ago, watching TV withher and Eric.At one point Eric looked over at me and.