I was quickly learning, getting what you want is a mixture of who you know, what you know, opportunity.......and leverage.Maybe its time I got in the ...ame...instead of watching it, hey, they say luck favors the bold.I entered work the next day, on a mission, I informed my boss as confidently as I could pretend to be that at his next convenience, I would like to talk to him about my position here at the store, and I would like to discuss it ...in private, perhaps after closing? I asked, he. She had been there a week. But she knew she couldn't stay there as much as she wanted to. It would mess up the timeline in history. She went to her room that night and wrote Tess a note but not revealing anything about the future. She laid on the bed and slipped on the VR glasses and put in "2020 San Antonio Texas."~~~~~~~~She opened her eyes and looked around. She was back in her room. She looked down at her hand and saw a yellow rose and smiled. She took off the VR glasses and laid them down. .. the pain that he endured recovering from a combination of burns and injuries was beyond any thing I had experienced. He just told me, "Maureen sometimes life deals you a hand of cards that suck, but you have to play them, cause it's the only hand you get."Looking at Darren she said, "Like it or not, this is the hand you were dealt. It is my job to help you learn to play the cards you've got."Pausing for a moment to get her emotions in check, she looked at Darren, "I think I can sympathize. I tried to hit the tie-down spot, but missed. She took over, made a little circle and then... “Checklist. Shut down.”I chocked the main gear while Cindy tied the wings down, then the tail.Thus endeth my first real lesson.“So what’s the deal, Terri?” Cindy asked me.“Doesn’t have to be a deal. Everybody flies and nobody has to force anybody. I know it’s fun. I like flying WITH people. But I wanna do it myself.”“OF course you do. I started when I was fourteen, though.”“Did I do bad?”“No. You did.