I'm in the music courses." A musician? Good. You won't be bothered by a little smoke then." Rose reached into the drawer of the chair side table and r...trieved a small, colourful, wooden box. Lifting the top, she reached inside and produced a well rolled joint. With a strike of a match, the flame to the tip and a big draw on the joint, Rose smiled as she held the smoke in her lungs. She didn't smoke often, but was happy to do so when she did.As she stood to pass the joint to Jeanine, Rose. A little while later, a couple of guys walk by and see her hanging by her wrists.“What are you doing?” They ask her.“I’m hanging myself.” She said.The men were confused. Then one of them said, “If you’re trying to hang yourself, you’re supposed to put the rope around your neck.“Duh,” she said. “I tried that and I couldn’t breath.”One day a blonde came home from school and came to her mother and said, “Hey, Mommy! Mommy! Today in school we learned to count. The other kids could only count to. .” After a moment of silence, Mark offered his hand toFatima.She accepted it and gave it a friendly squeeze. “So, how’s married life been?”Mark sighed. “It’s been really wonderful. I miss Jada a lot, other than that life with Toshi and Frida has been idyllic. Toshi and Frida miss Jada too.”Fatimanodded. “I’m very glad to hear it. There’s so much that can go wrong with what we’re trying to do.”“You think of me as a guinea pig?”Fatimachuckled and ruffled his hair playfully. “Well, maybe as a very. Heasked what I was up to. I told him, "Not much, just had a baby and nowI'm getting married."By the look on his face I could tell that he was disappointed. I hadpurposely avoided his phone calls since our last interaction when Itold him he had to leave. "Um, well, congratulations are in order.Who's the lucky guy?" he asked."Nobody you know." I wasn't in the mood to deal with him so I just itshort and said, "Sorry, I don't have time to talk," and abruptly left.My life was simply wonderful.