" "You've always been a girl? All through school?" I looked at her through lowered eyes. "I've been a girl on the inside. Outside I was just what y...u saw. It's just that I'm finally able to be myself." "That's why you've always been a bit diff..." She broke off in embarrassment. "Different? You can say it. I know it. I've always known it." Tina looked at the floor, refusing to meet my eyes. "I feel like a real jerk. I've always gone along with the other kids. Nobody wanted anything to. She wanted to get my opinion about the schedule changes, and I told her what I would do, first day nothing, remind everyone about their times. If it happened again, and people arrived at 6am and their shift was to begin at 9am, tell them to go back to the hotel and come in at the right time. We both agreed this was the correct way to handle the confusion. I told her I was going to work, and did she want the door open? She replied yes. As I was leaving I swung toe door open, and thinking it had. He introduced himself and asked if I wanted to earn a few extra bucks. He explained that they had a party and wanted to get the house back in order and if I was available for about 4-5 hours, He would give me $30.00.I explained that I needed to ask my folks first and went in to ask. Dad said go ahead.I went next door and walked up to the garage where the kitchen door was open. I knocked. Bill said c'mon in.I went in and walked toward the family room. Bill was sitting drinking a beer. He said he. “Bring your women and Dijonae. I’ll go along, too,” Don replied. “Be prepared to take lots of notes,” he warned as eleven women practically jumped up from the table. Juana made sure that it was okay to leave her little ones here and then she was right behind the other women.Half an hour later, everyone was dressed and ready to go. It took us longer to get the grav sleds out than it took to get to the Lucky J. I’d seen pictures of it in our history books, but most of those centered on the house..