Margaret and Daniel came in the door and headed to their rooms to change clothes. Margaret was now a regular member of the household. She was family, and not a guest. And she was loving this arrangement. She knew that life was good and she was not alone.

September was a full month starting with New Haven and ending with a family weekend in their new home. John David had become a regular visitor every other weekend to enjoy the pool and do homework. Grades were due out soon but the boys thought things had been going well. Angie was deep into study for tests, doing papers and enjoying groups who would go to the movies, an occasional dance and the concert series. Suzanne had started dating one of the guys in the group and was a part of the social circle during the weekends. Life was good.

Mary had been in regular communication. Bette and Tina had begun to coach her in how to prepare for the move. Mary was still sorting through things and disposing of things and giving things away. She already had the house under contract and expected to close at the end of October. Bette had made her reservations for first-class one-way ticket to LAX. Bette encouraged Mary to box things like photo albums and books and have them shipped to Santa Monica as they were ready. Mary had decided to dispose of her furniture rather than to have it moved and stored. Even though Mary seemed frantic, Bette felt things were right on schedule. Mary was scheduled to fly out the day the house closed.

Bette and Tina did have about an hour or so of alone time each night and they were actually sleeping until 7:00 am. They were swimming daily. And sex was still at a good clip of 2 or 3 times per week. They were scheduled to see Dr. Wilson for a follow up exam. They realized that they had definitely slowed their sexual frequency from the summer. The summer was 2 to 3 times per day. Their orgasms were strong and their attraction was constant. But their rhythm had changed. They needed rest afterwards and there was simply no desire to keep going after one or two orgasms. Fortunately, they had continued to lubricate adequately not to need a supplemental application. They were happy with their life. Not too much, and not too little. For their age, they were more than pleased.

They were sleeping well; they were eating well and they were exercising by swimming. Tina wanted to start running once a week and spending some time in the garden on Saturday. They had acquired a house keeping firm who came in on Tuesdays and Friday morning and clean the bathrooms, vacuumed the floors and mopped the tile floors and dust mopped the wood floors. Usually, a crew of 4 workers each time. On Tuesdays, a yard crew of three came and cleaned out the pool, mowed grass and keep the gardens weeded.

Life was getting into a routine. The home was filling in. Work on the playroom lounge had started. By the end of next week, it should be complete with pool table and new bar with appliances. Then the cabinet man was moving to the cabana house to put the book cases and cabinets in.

October would be busy but not like September had been.