We spent the next hour and a half decorating it. Our first Christmas together. I was excited, I had never done that with any of my other boyfriends. W...e put up the lights and hung the different colored ornaments. I threw on multicolored tinsel. It was a very romantic thing to do as a couple, spending our first Christmas together. We finished the tree and made lunch together. Standing in the kitchen, high on life, unable to keep our hands to ourselves, sparks were shooting from our eyes. We ate. He offered to modify my pistol for that cartridge if I bought the rifle from him. I knew that he was doing me a favor, and I appreciated it. He also did not charge me for putting a peep-sight (aperture sight) on the Winchester that would have windage and elevation adjustments. Now, that was real friendship. I knew how much effort and time that required, and it was almost enough to let him take apart my USAS-12 shotgun.Finally, I was confident enough with my new weapons to venture out into the. “But Caroline...I'm really having a good time with Andrew here!?”Andrew looked a bit bummed out too.“Ok...maybe Andrew can take another drink at home with us?”“Ohh Caroline...Thank you so much!” And Jaiden gave a big hug.“Yes, thank you, miss!” Andrew said.“Yeah yeah...! Come on then, let's go!” We got up and walked outside where Andrew went to talk with a cab. I gave Jaiden a little nod. “Are you sure you wanna do this?”“I am really drunk right now. But it feels so good, Caroline! Just one. "I don't know if I'll be here tonight. We are supposed to leave for the camp today," I told her."I will see you outside the San-Ma-Kee tonight," she told me and seemed very confident about it.Suenee took me out to the road when I was ready and waited with me for the next 'baht bus'. It turned out that a baht bus was a small pickup truck with bench seats on both sides of the bed and a roof over the bed. It could accommodate three Americans on a side or four or five Thais depending on how small.