I shouldn’t have dozed.”“If you dozed, you needed to. We’ve lots going on.”“True. I got cards printed. And I bought stuff to eat. But I wa... day-dreaming about us.”“And?”“I was dreaming about directions. You’re embarking on a new piece of life and it appears that I’m shifting, too. Your formal university time is past and your internships at the Gallery were effectively apprenticeships, as were my periods at the journal and my six months at the Ministry.”“Well, we’re not going to sit in the. The hosts, Alec and Doug, were good friends of mine, and I had also formerly met all the other couples. I was one of the ‘two single’s’ at the party, and the other ‘odd man’ arrived later with Tim and Bill. Lester, the mystery man, had moved to the city during that week and was staying with Tim and Bill, until his apartment became available in two weeks’ time. This trio were the last to arrive. Before they did so, however, I eyed Alec suspiciously, wondering if I was being set up on a blind. I'm moving you to forward. I want those corner shots. Derek, you move to guard with Josh. We need beef in the backcourt. Carl, you'll rotate in and out with Doug at the other forward. Whitney to the left where she's got her strong arm on the shot. You guys to the right and rush the rebound in their court. It'll be Sean and the right forward muscling it out under their basket. Whitney, Derek, and Josh, be moving down court when the shot is taken. Get as many fast breaks in as you can. Got it?". After classes ended, Denise ran off again to get to her therapy session and I wandered off to the main doors for the dressing show. There always were a few people who tried to get their last-minute Requests in before the naked kids could dress, so it was a race to get dressed quickly. So when I got there, everyone had already gotten their clothes on and a number of disappointed Requesters were trying to insist that their Requests had to be honored even by the clothed students. That didn’t.