diff --git a/deliverables/src/MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember/homework2/Severson/SeversonAssignment2_Client.java b/deliverables/src/MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember/homework2/Severson/SeversonAssignment2_Client.java
index 2b9aedd378f77bcca3e7c09f1b098ed8486ef6dd..c9a54f923bfe491e1b867869dd4c829cb4992e17 100644
--- a/deliverables/src/MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember/homework2/Severson/SeversonAssignment2_Client.java
+++ b/deliverables/src/MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember/homework2/Severson/SeversonAssignment2_Client.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public class SeversonAssignment2_Client {
 
             String message = "Waiting for Client Confirmation";
             int confirm = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, message);
+            int count = 0;
 
             if (confirm == JOptionPane.YES_OPTION) {
 
@@ -39,7 +41,8 @@ public class SeversonAssignment2_Client {
 
                     System.out.println("TcpClient creating socket...");
 
-                    Socket socket = new Socket(LOCALHOST, 2317); // locohost?
+                    Socket socket = new Socket(LOCALHOST, 2317);
+                    count++;
 
                     InputStream is = socket.getInputStream();
                     InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
@@ -47,14 +50,25 @@ public class SeversonAssignment2_Client {
 
                     String serverMessage = br.readLine();
                     System.out.println("==================================================");
-                    System.out.println("Now we're talking!");
+                    System.out.println("Successful Connection | Number: " + count);
                     System.out.println("The message the server sent was " + serverMessage);
 
+                    OutputStream os = socket.getOutputStream();
+                    PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(os);
+                    ps.println("-- Thank you!");
+
                 }
 
             } else {
 
+                //--------------------------------------------------------------
+                Socket socket = new Socket(LOCALHOST, 2317);
+                OutputStream os = socket.getOutputStream();
+                PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(os);
+                ps.println("-- Client Refused Connection");
                 System.out.println("Client Refused Connection");
+                socket.close();
+                //--------------------------------------------------------------
 
             }
 
@@ -64,8 +78,8 @@ public class SeversonAssignment2_Client {
             System.out.println(e);
 
         }
-        
-        System.out.println("client exit");
+
+        System.out.println("Client Exit");
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/deliverables/src/MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember/homework2/Severson/SeversonAssingment2_Server.java b/deliverables/src/MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember/homework2/Severson/SeversonAssingment2_Server.java
index e2ff60c5996397a5b3a717d788bc5e8bf9b0de9b..8d3a00526c3b35f591784c791a56546b4c78a6ce 100644
--- a/deliverables/src/MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember/homework2/Severson/SeversonAssingment2_Server.java
+++ b/deliverables/src/MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember/homework2/Severson/SeversonAssingment2_Server.java
@@ -38,7 +38,16 @@ public class SeversonAssingment2_Server {
                 OutputStream os = clientConnection.getOutputStream();
                 PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(os);
 
-                ps.println("This was written by the server");
+                ps.println("-- Welcome to my Server");
+
+                //--------------------------------------------------------------
+                InputStream is = clientConnection.getInputStream();
+                InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
+                BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
+                String serverMessage = br.readLine();
+                System.out.println("==================================================");
+                System.out.println("The message the server sent was " + serverMessage);
+                //--------------------------------------------------------------
 
                 InetAddress localAddress = clientConnection.getLocalAddress();
                 InetAddress remoteAddress = clientConnection.getInetAddress();