We decided to stay with sneakers and white sox for now. My mother had a friend with a daughter about my age. She was a tomboyand we'd never got along ...specially well, except that we'd taught eachother street-fighting tricks, for when you had to face the bullies.Greta came over one day when I was dressed in girl-clothes. She wasdressed in jeans and a tee. Her unruly blond hair was pulled back in apony tail. She wore no makeup and her fingernails were a mess. She walked all around me. "Wow,. He looked to the nurse, "Would you be kind enough to take Matty for a cup of coffee while Danny and I have a little talk."Matty (I got tired of trying to decide who's mother she was) didn't want to leave but allowed the nurse to guide her out the door."Son," the doctor began, "do you know what year it is?"I tried to look as though I was thinking, "No, sir." I replied."Do you know how old you are?" No, sir." I replied."Can you tell me where you were born?" No, sir." I replied."Do you remember. The rest of the night went by like the previous 762 had. I'm not counting or anything but I have 7900 work days to go until I can retire. I pull into the driveway and see that some lights are on at the front of the house and I hear the stereo at the pool from the front door. No lights are on in the neighborhood so I figure the music is not bothering anyone. I let myself in, and while I am loosening my tie see my daughter swimming in the pool with only the glow of the pool lights cutting the. Then she went on to telling us about the auction and it was really helpful. Now that she wasn’t so rushed I could see how sweet and caring Beth was. She told us about the French maid uniforms which I already knew about. And about the funny slave bikinis we would wear for the auction itself. About how the guys would be yelling and screaming and cracking jokes and singing BTS songs and would be using some rough language which we should ignore since it was for charity and really all in good fun to.