The meeting being completed, I could return home the next day to see Josephine cutting vegetables
as the sink filled
and many groceries waited to be used
while many recipes waited to be executed
as more food
including eggs
and breads
among the other foods waited to be used
while Nathaniel showed up football in hand
and so was tackled
out of his shoes -- a worthwhile prelude to the events of the next day.
Jane was sleeping (or trying to sleep)
when Sara Just arrived with her mandelbrot and posed with Suzanne
as the eggs were separated
the milk was measured
and Seinfeld tapes were in the family room
even as some of the desserts
and the raw materials
were in the kitchen and the dining room table was set
as the chocolates held forth
and Ben enjoyed the Steeler chair
while our first environmental visitor came (there would be another at the end of this story)
and left his literature
even as the pizza boxes
suitably filled
and ready to be enjoyed with beer
arrived and the first pizza was opened
which satisfied Suzanne
as Ed and Sarah arrived,
ice cream was served,
Ben demo'ed guitar hero
and the puzzle was completed.