Harvey
Mom took Grandma to visit the doctor that morning, which left everyone else at home to go about their business.
Between reviewing algebra and squishing Rose, Carrie baked blueberry cheese muffins.
Joe was home for most of the day after class. He and Francis spent part of their day fooling around with flints and aerosol cans, which resulted in showers of sparks and balls of fire. Boys.
Rose was at work.
Francis had an interview for his next merit badge.
And Linnea was busy redesigning her room.
“Once Rose is gone,” she said with an evil smile, “I’m redoing her whole room.”
She sifted through several Target website pages of coffee tables, including a very expensive hand-painted Tibetan edition.
And Puck was busy trying to take a ride on Trooper’s back and stuffing himself with pumpkin, bananas, cranberries, and almonds.
That evening, OLeif and Collette spent a quiet time in the basement watching Harvey.
“He’s so awesome,” said OLeif, about Elwood P. Dowd. “I’d like to be like him when I’m older.”
…aside from the supposed lunacy involving the companionship of a giant white bunny, six foot, three and a half inches tall.