howdy! i'm eddie smith and this is the story of my seventh romantical adventure with my husband, whit hall. well, we just bought another house. yes! again! this one is north of downtown san antonio and is more secure than whit's house in king william which is why we bought it. we've decided to spend the 2020 matador football season in san antonio. that way we're not going back and forth from daytona beach for the home games. considering everything that's going on, it just seems like the right thing to do. but the first day we have to really settle in turns out to be the beginning of a wild ride. first off, whit and i inadvertently kick off a storm of controversy during an interview... then, my mother decides to escape quarantine in austin and come stay with us... finally, whit's mother shows up out of the blue after dropping a major bombshell during her sunday sermon up in longview... and her arrival is just the outer band of the hurricane bearing down on us. it's been stirring for some time. and we had no idea. hold on to your hats, folks, this is gonna be one heck of a wild ride! * * * this is a novel that runs to about 96k words.