As I lay down I could feelmy ear studs every time I turned. The barrettes in my hair were soannoying. I did manage to drift off to sleep soon after ...closing myeyes.Another day and we were headed for another girly store. But this time Iwas going shopping as a female.My Mom came in and saw I was awake."Good you're awake. Let me look at you, stand up Little Miss Sunshine."Mom was carefully studying my hair. "Not too bad I will fix your hairbefore we go. Check your piercings while I lay out. I’d been good at it. But that was all I did. I was a mother and I sold real estate. I’d never managed a business. Suddenly, my low prioritization of my degree came into question. I’d almost convinced myself that I didn’t need to finish school. I already had the business and it was successful. I realized now that it was tenuous. What I was doing was based on my ideals and not on anything practical. I needed more help.And I didn’t mean just another salesperson.I had Ben onboard by Christmas and. Lindsay was hanging on my arm all the time, and Madi looked very pregnant. She looked at us with a curious look on her face, but once I had explained her the problem she was almost laughing."My God, I truly wish that there were more people like you. I'm quite certain that there would be many more happy marriages, if young ... and even older men ... would know what they are doing, and how they should behave when meeting a lady."She was a professional. You could have recorded our conversation and. The fact that the homeless might prefer a less structured shelter meant nothing to the politicians. The government’s attitude seemed to be, ‘we are paying the bill, so you will take advantage of what we want to give you’ or else.The pols thought that the electorate needed to feel good about what they were providing, if they were going to support their politicians. So that meant fancy brick and mortar buildings with somebody’s name on them. The fancier the building the less money actually got.