Strangely, almost everything else that was more in the past than about twenty-four hours ago was just a foggy blur and she had to think real hard to p...ick things out of the fog like fishing for pieces of chicken in chicken soup.Carmela’s boyfriend Ramon was impatient to get her alone because he had the night shift taking the tolls on the new bridge built to connect them easily to the mainland. Ramon was sort of a one track mind guy and he was not able to chew gum and scratch his head at the same. I’d gotten in the habit of getting up at four so I could be there when the doors opened at five in order to get in a good workout before going in to work so I automatically wake up at that time on the weekends also. Marsha on the other hand doesn’t need to be to work until nine so she never gets up until seven.Anyway, it was a Sunday, I’d woken up at four and couldn’t get back to sleep so I got up, made a pot of coffee and then I’d gone into the bedroom that I’d turned into a combination home. Your not having that on until youve finished your work. Andy pleaded with her, telling his mother how he could still do his work with the television on, but Carol was having none of it and insisted that the television stayed off, which had the effect of leaving the boy in a bad mood, but this didnt take much to do that as far as his mother was concerned. Crikey its cold in here, said Carol, who had spent all of her morning in the kitchen where the stove took the chill out of the air. Ill light. I threw caution to the wind and was completely honest, or at least somewhat. “Nothing,” I reassured her. I chose my next words carefully. “I’m just admiring how beautiful you look.” The word “great” would’ve easily sufficed instead of “beautiful." My word choice had an immediate effect. “Stop it,” she blushed. At the same time however, her nipples literally became even more obvious. I decided to continue and take this a bit further to see the reaction. “I’m serious, Mom. You still look.