"Back to a more cheerful topic, Dave." Roy rescued me from despair. "How are Sue and the baby? Everything went well?"
"Perfectly. Sue was only in labor for three hours. I myself played a major part in the delivery. I told her, 'Breathe in, breathe out'—"
"Good advice," Clyde interjected sarcastically.
"To answer your other question, Roy, they're both just great. Sam is beautiful. She takes after her mother, thank goodness," I added before one of them could.
"Can she wiggle her nose?" wondered Jimmy.
"Everyone's a comedian," I noted.
"And word has it that you bought a house, too. Congratulations!"
"Thanks, Roy. Yeah, it's been quite a month. We bought an older home on a nice quiet street in Ann Arbor. Hard as it may be to believe, we actually spent around ten thousand dollars less than we had planned to. We took one look at the place and knew it was the house for us. The previous owners had really kept it up well. It has a new roof and a new furnace. The pipes and the wiring were just redone seven years ago. We have a den, a sunroom, and even a gazebo. You guys should come and see it—no, come to think of it, we're busy that weekend."
"All right, let's get started," Roy broke in. "I'm in a real hurry. I have to close up shop by ten-thirty. Marj's niece, Laura, is getting married in Flint. Yowza." He yawned. "Yep. I'm pretty excited about the whole thing."
"C'mon, Roy. Give and take. I'm sure Marj isn't always thrilled about everything she has to do with you," countered Cathy.
"In my defense, Cathy, I didn't complain at all when I