Anyway, one day I had gotten home early from work. I figured that Lacey and Leigh had gone out somewhere, as they normally did while I was at work. Ho...wever, as I walked by their room on the way to mine, I was halted by one of them giggling. 'Okay,' I thought, 'So they're home. So what?' Before I could move, I next heard one of them directing, "Okay, right there. Oooh, that's perfect! Now rub it a little harder." 'Huh?' I thought, not yet having guessed what this was. As I stood there, I then. Unfortunately no physical border markings were possible because of the shifting sands, and the maps agreed had lines drawn on them which translated to a border several tens of miles wide on the ground. Thus modern Global Positioning Systems which can define a surveyor's location to a matter of inches do not help. Where the few roads passed from one country into the other, of course, there were border posts and fencing for up to a mile in each direction, but there were many large desert areas. It was about 7 pm in the evening and it was dark being winter outside. I parked my bike at the door of the house and pushed the door bell. Who is there my mother in law asked from inside after 2 minutes. I replied. She opened the door and said shut the door behind you. It was dark inside. I could not see properly and walked behind her to her bedroom. She fell on the bed and said help yourself for tea and makes some for me also. I noticed that she was wearing my vest and boxer and could not see. When she was going through a nasty divorce we met and dated for a short time to the extent that she spent several nights with me.I got her an interview at the Lab and when she started working there things cooled down but we remained good friends. That sort of sums up my love life, Find a gal who is hurting, help them out and watch them continue on with their lives.At ten I heard the doorbell and knocking on the front door and made my way to it after I put on a robe. A very agitated Virginia was.
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