Did you hear? Well did you? About the couple at the end of the block? The ones with the two little kids? The big house? No? You haven’t heard? Oh my god, you are not going to believe it? So, it was last Tuesday, and I am working from home, only one in the house, kids at school, K is at the office, and the dog went for his walk. So I have this 3 hour project call. Fries my brains, completely. Need something to fix it. Cake, cookies caffeine. All I find in the kitchen is the empty cake plate , on the counter and not in dishwasher as usual, and an empty box of Oreos in the pantry; alas, no sugar fix to be had. But at least there’s still a cup of lukewarm coffee left. Don’t have to worry about the kids drinking that, yet! So I pour myself a cup, open the front porch and watch the rain hammer our street clean, praying it’s not enough to come up through the floor like last time and flood our basement. When out of the corner of my eye I catch something, movement on her driveway.