Even though most of our days were spent cloistered within my house, Mike, Kelly, Todd and I still managed to have a good time. Usually, at each others expense, by playing jokes and making each other miserable. With Willy gone, we turned his room into an office we could all use. It became a bit of a sanctuary away from the daycare, and children in general, an adult's only retreat each of us made use of as needed. There was a pullout couch, in case any of us wanted to take a nap and a TV for watching something other than the endless cartoons that played in the living room. Mike also added a secondary phone line, separate from the main house line, installed a computer and most importantly, added internet. He splurged on the connection, getting us that fast 56k modem dial-up everyone was t...

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