... night school course in composition and when Leroy asks her why she tells him" It's something to do." Leroy is at a crossroads in his life and distracts himself from making a decision by building craft projects, one of, which gives him the idea to build a log cabin house. He becomes fixated on the project and begins to use it as a crutch. Anytime Norma Jean or Mabel try to nudge him into action, he makes excuses and brings up the subject of the log cabin. Such as when Norma Jean suggest some types of jobs he might look for Leroy replies, "I can't do something where I'd have to stand up all day" and "I'm going to build you this house." And when Mabel chastises him for sewing and says, "...You don't know what to do with yourself - that's the whole trouble..." he responds that "All the ...

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