A kidney- shaped pool was wedged between the right side of the building and the pine grove growing nearby. John Stefanovitch was sitting by the pool ...hen he saw Norma trotting towards him. “Mrs. Tandy wants to see you,” she said with a smile that made her look almost beautiful. “Ok.” “Come with me!” He followed her into the house, then up to the second floor. Norma opened one of the doors and entered. A motionless body was lying on the bed. John blinked, surprised with what he saw. Mrs.. “Good morning Ambassador,” they all said.“It’s still BJ to my friends,” I replied.After the introductions I asked the general to wait out side while I had the meeting with them.“I guess that you have seen the news it is a six week stint; the question is where do we go from here? There are several ways to go; one is a six week leave of absence. Another would be six week un-paid leave of absence. The final one is for me to resign,” I said.“Kampala, Uganda of all the places in the world to go to. Brandon was wanting an actual relationship, whereas Nicole was looking for just sex. Their failure to communicate this to each other resulted in a rather nasty scene where Brandon learned she was sleeping with other guys on the side while he thought they were exclusive. There had been a lot of shouting and anger, and Brandon swore off dating for a while. Devin, after Brandon had told him that Nicole was cheating on him, replied "Yeah, but the sex was good, right?"That was the major difference. Jerry started me on 8-ball and 9-ball, followed by full rack rotation and straight pool, then changed tables to snooker. Strange game. Finally, it was billiards, which really stresses your judgment of spin and angle. When I ran 20 shots at billiards, Jerry quit playing me for money. Oh well. I considered my losses to be tuition. Veronica taught me that.That Sunday afternoon, I threw my bags in the car and headed north. During the week, I moved into my new apartment, attended faculty.