"Come on, Ruth," I told her gently. "It's not every night you get a chance to eat dinner with your husband. You'll still be able to see that they do t...he job right."Finally, a smile broke across her face and she laughed. "Am I that obvious?" You are, and we love you for it. Ah! It seems our guests are arriving!"A number of horses pulled up out front and their riders tied their reins to the railing that ran along the front of the low porch. We had never taken the time to install hitch rails, but. " Hey you guys, it's a good thing everyone else is gone, I could hear you all the way back in the lab". I was startled, but then recognized Kim. She was a graduate student in microbiology and several years ago, we had spent afternoons together in her room while she " harvested " my sterile semen in condoms for one of her projects. Before I could say anything she said " the hospital called about your surgery patient, but it wasn't urgent, so I said you would call back when you were ahhh finished. “Hi, Katie” I heard from behind me one Friday morning at the shop. I turned to fine a smiling young Coed. I recognized her. “Oh, so sorry,” she said as she glanced down at my name tag. “I…I thought you were someone else…sorry,” she stammered. She was embarrassed.“Veronica?” I asked tentatively.“Yes…yes,” she replied, surprised. “I go by Ronnie…are you…you are…”“Yes,” I lowered my voice and said conspiratorially, “I am “Katie”, I added using my fingers for air quotes. “It’s time for my lunch. I turn andlook at her with a mile wide smile. Her smile is just as wide as mine."Finish getting dressed, and do tell me why you look like a Raccoon?"With faux outrage I reply, "I do not! I think I did pretty good for myfirst time!"I slip into a white sports bra, adjusting the "girls" just so, as Jenlooks on in amusement. I reach for the white shimmery tights, and Jenwatches me like a Hawk, to make sure I don't snag them with my nails.I ball up the legs like I've seen in a million movies, and.