He could just watch us in action for now. We will just let him take on the weakest of whatever we find out there. Do you really want him to skip today...? Think what day it is today.”Frank looked puzzled for a moment before a look on realisation passed over his face. He grinned before looking at me and saying, “Man, I can’t wait to see your reaction.”I was quite irritated to be left out of the loop and before I could tell them where they could stuff it, they just made out of the building and. I was feelin' fine-fine super fine."Got a party to go to tonight, Ben, you wanna come?" he said."A party?" I said."Well, actually it's a party, but there's also a ballroom dance competition in the early evening. It's a hobby of mine. It's how I blow off steam after a long day in the trenches. Anyway, if you're interested, here's the address," he said. He pulled out a small pad and jotted down the particulars. "My private cell number's on there too." Well, thanks, Greg, I just might do that," I. I like to think that they had a very difficult time overnight.According to the morning news, most of them had gotten friends or family to drive to Corvallis with spare keys and clothes, but there were still quite a few of them stuck in Corvallis because there was no one back where they'd come from who had access to their house to get spare keys, or even if keys were delivered, often their cars were blocked in by all the other cars that had been abandoned so the owners could congregate around. Then there were the moms sweetly cooing theirchildren so that they would become quiet and not disturb those aroundthem. The young college girls with their freshly maded up, perfectlysmooth porcelain faces, reading their English 101 assigned paperbackswith iPods pacifying them even though one leg was always in jitterymotion. Though not dressed, I still felt a close kinship with all ofthem knowing soon I might actually become more feminine than any of thewomen I was surrounded by. The thought.