. say seven-thirty, eight-o’clock,” Sammy added.“Oh, are we gonna have a pre-Halloween jam session?” Jennifer Rathje asked as she put most of ...er body’s weight on her good right foot. Today was her first day off crutches, and I bet her left ankle was a little sore from walking on it in her ‘boot’.“Are you gonna play along with us, at least on a few songs, Jenn?” Cano asked.“Yeah, girl! You haven’t sat in with us in like, forever!” Brick exclaimed.“I think I can toot my horns on a song or two.. Her husband never attended the company parties and so he never knew how wild they could get. This was at a time before everyone became socrazy about suing over who provided the liquor when something bad or unfortunate happened. Little things like DUI or auto-accidents. So, the company provided a "hospitality suite" where liquor flowed like beer and beer like water. In a word, you could get plastered if you so desired and no one would think anything about it no matter what you did during or. Your body is right next to mine. ”She’s fine. She’s sleeping. Don’t worry,’ you say. I reach to you as my eyes adjust, finally seeing you. My hands touch your arms, which are bare. Then your shoulders, which are, also. Finally I touch your chest, and I feel your skin and the muscles beneath it. You’ve taken off your shirt. ”You shouldn’t be here,’ I say. ‘You need to go home.’ I try to sit up, but you push me back down–but not roughly. You have climbed into bed next to me. I feel the soft denim. We'd been hiking for nearly two hours when K said it was time for a pee break. i agreed.we took either side of a giant evergreen and hiked on.after lunch, we had our second and third pee breaks.near the end of the six hour hike we were getting tired.we were on a fairly exposed ridge-line that would provide a mostly downhill trek back to the car.K suggested one more pee break.we took either side of some sort of scraggly cedar tree.i pissed while K wrestled her windbreaker out of the day pack. .