But I really need him to do some traveling around during his time off so it can even things out some." Just throwing out an idea here," Scooter said. ...Jim and I haven't worked out what we're going to do over the winter yet, but I suppose we could drop by Spearfish Lake during a cold time and tell him to get off his dead ass and go snowboarding with us for a week, or something." That would be a blessing," Nicole said. "Just don't plan anything, or at least let him find out that you've planned. ’ I said, ‘guess I needed some time to think’ ‘You were watching?’ Bob asked.‘Sorry about that too,’ I said, ‘but it’s cool I realized I can’t be uptight the rest of my life. At some point you have to realize you just have to be yourself. I’m not sure what that is but how are you going to find out if you don’t explore.'Jeff was still a little dumb founded ‘you figured all that out in twenty minutes in the woods?’I shrugged ‘I guess I did’Jeff and Bob laughed ‘you little shit’Jeff and Bob came. I didn't even know he had gel."Are you going anywhere?" I asked."Yeah, I'm goin' to Mark's house. He said I can pop by and check out that catalogue. I wanna see how hot these chicks are! You wanna come along?"The word "chick" coming from Eddie's mouth sounded so strange. I never heard him use that word before, so I just stood and stared at him. He shifted around uncomfortably, probably regretting his use of the word."I have to eat dinner soon," I said."Mark's house is pretty close." Where is. .. taking the covers ... and my pillow.I thought about it for a millisecond, climbed out and headed for my tipi. Thanks to the flic of my Bic ... I had sufficient heat. I watched the flames dance on the side of the lodge for a second and the owl landed on a pole and said “Who?”“Good Morning.”“Who?”I added a few sticks to the coals, snuggled under the buffalo and watched the sun come up.It was quiet. The black night sky turned Navy, purple, magenta, red, orange, yellow and the sliver of sun.