He came over to us saying to Tyrone in a low tone so no one can hear, “Why don’t you go over there where your kind is,” at the same time looking...at a crowd of dark-skinned boys.Before he left, Tyrone said to me, “I depend on you for the 800m and 400m. Okay?” Coach looked at us all confused while Tyrone was going back to his team.My qualifying heat was up next, the 800m. All the athletes started to prepare themselves for their starting positions. Everyone was lined up, ready to initiate the. My head was starting to buzz constantly now. Even basic tasks likeremembering names made my temples spike with pain, and thoughts keptslipping out of my head unless I focused intently. It was taking all myconcentration just to remember one or two drinks--even the ones withoutcrazy names would slip away by the time I reached the bar unless Irepeated them to myself the whole way there.Kristen did her best to help, but she had her own tables to tend, andthere wasn't much she could do for me. No one would call us competent cooks but we sometimes make scrambled eggs for our breakfasts. We usually have oatmeal and buttered toast for breakfast. We started doing that to save money. We can now afford more variety in our diets but have little incentive to spend the effort doing something more complex.Kurt got himself up wearing the same clothes he had on yesterday. He looked at me. I pointed to the cupboard with the kid cereals. He came back with Dinosaurs in Space cereal. Why was I not. "We started at 7, so we have a good two hours of work in," heexplained. "The men are using shovels and pitchforks to lift the oldshingles, which are then fed down to the bins below. We're over halfdone lifting the old shingles on this side, which is comingwonderfully. We may not have the same luck on the other side, which isthe southern exposure. Those shingles are in worse shape, and maybreak apart instead of coming off whole. That might mean we have totake each nail out by hand."He moved off,.