. sorry for the long gap in writingSteven was an American student studying abroad in Europe, and like somany before him Amsterdam was a city that nece...sitated a visit. "Man, Ican't believe I'm actually here!" exclaimed Steven as he walked out ofthe train station. Steven soaked in his surroundings; "So many things tosee and do." "And of course people to see and do" he added in his mindwhile chuckling. It was Friday afternoon and Steven had a full slate ofpartying on the agenda.After checking. I guess old habits die hard. So go ahead and do it. I won’t watch if you don’t want me to.”“Oh my god Mom, it’s bad enough that you caught me doing it. Now you’re telling me to keep doing it, and you would watch if I let you.”In an embarrassed whisper, I said, “Oops, sorry, another slip of the tongue. I watched your father, so that kind of just came out.”The noise from the next room got louder and then just stopped.Still keeping my voice low, I smiled at Brad and said, “I guess they’re. We did a lot of dancing together and in groups and around 10pm when I was having a break from dancing you told me of your plan to distract Alex so we could have a little time together, still unaware of my intentions to make your idea of a little time into all night if I had the chance. Alex liked one of the other students and in an attempt to impress him had been drinking heavily and dancing near but not with him, between us we hatched a plan to get them together and while you went off to talk. This time of year all the grass was brown and waiting for the fall rains and cooler weather to revive them. We slipped off the horses and left them to graze near a tree-shaded pool fed by a spring than flowed from the base of the rocks, while we sat in the shade of the tall cottonwoods Grace in painted-on jeans and a fitted cotton blouse sat with her hip touching mine as we watched hawks out looking for breakfast. The pool fed a creek that ran through her property leaving a line of trees all.