There were no surprises; I expected a fiasco and it was. Some of the Congress-critters were back - those that wanted to give the appearance that they ...ere doing something. The rest were on taxpayer funded junkets - mostly to exotic tropical locations - and took their families as guests.With so few back, those that were had unlimited TV coverage and could propose all kinds of bills and laws on TV, knowing they would never see the light of day other than on a news circuit.Of course there was. I’m in no rush. I’ll be a Senior in the Fall. I’m still pretty young. Not everyone marries at 22 the way you did!”“True. I’ll probably be back in August, if you want to see me.”“I’ll make sure you have my home number. Just call when you know which days you’ll be here. I don’t want to miss out on great sex!”“Sorry about last time,” I said.“It’s what you needed,” she said. “And if that’s what you had needed last night, that’s what I would have done.”“And tonight?” I smirked.“You’re back to a game. Now that we’re formally introduced, let’s talk.” And we did talk. We talked all that afternoon and during the succeeding days and weeks. We talked about all the great and small things — things that you share with friends. Soon, we were good friends. Our afternoon talks became a habit. I learned that Carole’s parents were more than willing to help her through school, but that she’d put a limit on the amount of their help that she was willing to accept. They were both teachers. Her dad was. He knew it was probably silliness- and double-time is a thing one should not pass up. He’d make it up to his son easily enough ... The extra money he’d get from the double-time would go a long way to paying for giving him a computer, which his son had always wanted but he couldn’t afford to give him. He had been looking at a Macintosh Performa 6230CD, and with a 15” monitor, it would be about half paid for just with the double time. He could get his kid a Macintosh; the best consumer computer.