" Right. Sorry, man." I cringed, what had I been thinking? "Yeah, I feellike shit, must have slept through my alarm." Yeah, yeah," Eric chided, his te...per subsiding easily. Eric wasgenerally a really cool guy. "Well you owe me. I made up an amazingexcuse." Thanks buddy," I said earnestly."Yeah, get better," he grunted. "See ya tomorrow." Yeah," I hung up and groaned. I threw my phone back on my desk andturned on my desk lamp, illuminating the outfit I had tried to ignore Iwas wearing during the. He must have figured it was a losing battle because I was nowhere around. I was going over what Mary had said.The thing that bothered me the most was that Jill had gotten the idea I hadn't made up my mind whether or not I wanted a relationship with her. Talk about getting the wrong impression. Last night I was telling Mary that I thought Jill was the woman I was going to marry. But the two of them had talked for 20 minutes a couple of nights ago in Mary's room and I'm sure Jill put her feelings. "That made up his mind and he said, "Sonny, you and Joan shut off the TV and put on your shoes. We're going someplace to have breakfast."The boy, Sonny, asked, "Is this the place where CJ, Steve, and Greg live?"I said, "It is. Steve and Greg are two of my boys."Sonny was putting on his shoes and said, "That's the place I was telling you about last night, Dad. Steve said they had a bunch of NASCAR teams over there for a party."I asked, "Did you talk to Steve last night?" No, we saw him at the. "You are such a stupid bastard Allan sometimes. Now you will listen to me, and you will listen like I did, in silence until I have finished. Then I suggest you get up and leave, and go think about what I've said. I assume your precious little recorder is working?" Ann," I replied, "you know I need it. Short term memory is still risky." OK, so you can go home and replay it and then think about it. Then come back and talk some more. I've a lot to say, so be patient."I met and fell in love with.