We bought some fresh steaks from Kennebec Meats for the party, on our way back from the compound where we'd all engaged in firearms training after our morning run. I was cutting back to nine miles, and thought I'd need to drop down to eight in a week or so. My boobs were sore from bouncing.

Everyone was there at six except for the teens, but they arrived fifteen minutes early. They were a little nervous when they saw all the others there, slightly mollified when they saw four, obviously pregnant, females, (Brigitte still wasn't showing), and totally relieved to see Matt, particularly Jan and Tanya, who knew him personally....