Walking in to his English class he was 15 minutes late; the class turns to him as he walks in through the door and the teacher turns and picks up her ...lipboard announcing his name and mentioning how late he is. Here she says I want you to switch desk with this student near my desk; that’ll be your assigned seat from now on and you better make sure you’re 5 minutes early before I am here is that understood as she said it firmly. He glanced at her with his red low eyes and said “umm ok no. I normally don’t leave the office so late but sometimes you have to do what you have to. I hopped the 9:10 train out of the city and back to home and settled in for a nice hour and a half long train ride back. It was pouring outside and I had my trench coat on. There were a couple of stragglers on train and with each stop the train emptied out more and more. I was 20 minutes into my trip when I looked up from my laptop and noticed that the only two people left on the train where myself and. Besides, I had been given meaningful work to do and still consider my six years on active duty as the best job I’ve ever had (other than husband, dad, and granddad). I was going ‘with the flow’, keeping the world safe for democracy and pursuing my avocations of eradicating the twin curses of celibacy and virginity, smoking fine Maduro cigars, and drinking 12 year-old Irish Whiskey (which I still do). I was to report to primary pilot training on Monday, October 23rd at Moody AFB in Valdosta, GA.. . guess you were right.'Shrugging I turned and faced him again;'Ah... easy come easy go.'I ordered a beer and as I waited lit a smoke. It was my new acquaintance who broke the silence.'That was a great gig. Real good. You can really fuckin' play. I loved your version of 'Red House', man. I've never heard it played on one of those slide guitar things before. Man it's a song I've always wanted to learn how to play properly.''You play?'He grinned sheepishly;'A little... when I can. It's a hobby.