Bizarrely, the twenty hours of exams per day wasn't nearly as much of a problem as it seems. I could sit in my living room and do twenty hours of exam... per day using one or two minds, while the other minds were simultaneously studying the courses that would be examined the next week. Not that it matters much, but it would be "next week" because while it used to take 2 weeks/course/screen when I studied for 6 hours per night, at 22 hours of study per day, it'd take about 4. One week it was a three day weekend plus I took Friday off to make it a fourday weekend. I decided that I wanted to stay myself ( girl mode) for fourhole days. I went to the store Friday morning to get some things from thestore. A couple of bottles of wine, some things to make light meals, a girlsgot to watch her figure ya know, and then I decided to stop by the mall andpick up this sexy pair of 6 inch high heel open toe sandals I've had my eyeon for sometime now. I also stopped by the drug. But as she bumped me, I reached out and caught her elbow, stopping her in her tracks. She whirled and tried to yank her arm away, but once again I held fast and commanded, “Adrienne, STOP.”Once again, she stopped.Still holding her elbow, I glared at her right in the eyes, letting my own frustration with her come to the surface. “You’re allowed to be upset and you’re allowed to be hurt. But you are NOT leaving me, alright? I’m not LETTING you leave me. You and I are going to sit down and TALK. Unlike many of his fellows, he was clean and shiny and the sun had warmed his fur. She felt a connection begin between them and withdrew her hand. 'I can't, ' she thought, 'I can't dare trust you either.'She cleaned up and went downstairs again, now along the beach, walking briskly, now in the deeper sand, now on the damp, packed sand below the tide mark. The early sun was warm on her body, the water chilly on her feet. There were only a few people about, some jogging, some walking. One of the.