Going Up
Things are going good with the Belmont chapter of the Cook clan these days. Not perfect by any stretch, but good. We are very grateful. Janice and Lexy are both doing great. Lex's partner is poised to join the military soon, should all things keep going in the right direction, and Alexandra herself is doing quite well with Janice's post office kiosk, acting as manager when Janice isn't around and handling everything equally, if not better as Janice would tell you. I think there are better, brighter things in Lex's future, though - work that she doesn't find so stressful every day like that p.o. It looks like we live in a neighborhood that's a high-crime area when it comes to the crazy stuff that goes on at that store, like Alexandra being physically assaulted a couple of years ago. Dealing with aggressive clientele on a daily basis is something that will harden any person. In my opinion, neither of them get their due for the services they ...