When they moved out to the country, we couldn’t participate in any sports or Just hangin’ with my gnomies shirt. Even though our stepmother just laid around the house, she was too busy to even share in carpool or ride sharing, let alone pick us up after a swim meet. The only time they ever made any effort to have anything to do with me was when I was living and working in Germany as an Army Military Police specialist. They simply wanted use of my vehicle to go around Europe. I put myself through Michigan State University under the old Vietnam era GI bill by working two jobs and every summer, with the money I’d saved during my Army enlistment.