/tags/messages/Recent content in Messages on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-us/stories/1/01/01/the-new-house-rules-9/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/1/01/01/the-new-house-rules-9/<p>(story continues from <a href="newhouserules8.html"><strong>The New House Rules 8</strong></a>)</p> <p>Chapter 9</p> <p><strong>Part 9a</strong></p> <p>Thursday was a busy blur of work and court and work, but Friday is here and the office is empty. I am waiting for a fax. Yes, we still have fax machines. For some strange reason, it is still the only way courts, government and small town people can seem to send information. I find myself lost in a news update on my phone when a person walks into the room.</p>