"96, give or take", Sarah finally felt confident. This was not going to be a pleasant experience in the field or the barn, David enthusiastic to help ...as quickly loosing his resolve. Pulling up to Mimmaw's apartment Sarah stepped out of the car only to jump right back in, "We should go on", she said, "Mimmaw has her plastic canvas on the door." David was a bit dumb struck, rushing to get here to get the salads for the family picnic and knowing there would be some hungry people already working.. The ticket collector indicated my seat was with the Punjabi uncle. We had a small talk and settled down in our berths.It was an air-conditioned bus, I was feeling cold. After some time all the lights were put off and he covered the screen of our birth, so now it was only us in the cabin. After some time sensing im feeling cold he offered me his blanket. I squeezed into his blanket. Since we couldn’t both completely cover ourselves he asked me to turn to my side and he also turned with his. . but he couldn’t look away either.‘She’s a beautiful woman. What kind of life does she live? Where is her husband? They haven’t said anything about him. Sorry bastard! I wonder if he’s even been here to see them. They deserve better.Why is it people like me can never meet people like Mallory? I have to meet the wrong person and marry for the wrong reasons. I’ve fucked up my life because I just go along and let people run over me. I never stand up for myself. I never fight ... I never used to. I'd heard that people could go insane through lack of sleep, which would be a very good thing to avoid. Plus I was already active twenty out of the 24 hours per day, so there wasn't much gain to be had.I did a couple of hours study, and then showered and dressed in the clothes Julia had dictated last night. I did think of digging out the grungiest clothes Julia had, putting them in a bag, then delivering them to her as if they'd come from her mom, saying, "Your mom couldn't understand why you.