We had a good time cheering for our team. I enjoyed spending the evening with Austin. I especially enjoyed a play in the third quarter. Danny Garrity ...had gone across the middle for a pass. The other team's safety clocked Danny good as he stretched out for the ball. I didn't explain to Austin why I cheered on that play.Austin showed up Saturday evening with his dad to give us a ride to the school Homecoming Dance. Austin and I talked, danced and hung out with our friends. We both had a great. The freezer door was agap and both of us were sitting on a mat on the floor. "Now go, read off what we have and I'll mark it down" she grinned, my head spinning slightly as I stood up. "Yes, ma'am" I laughed and she giggled, taking another shot. Two hours later and about eight shots in, we were done. I leaned against the door to her office, unsure if I was more exhausted or tipsy. She shut down the computer and taped the ordering papers to the screen, laughing. Knowing full well that was going. It's been an ongoing topic of discussion for many years now. We've been blaming the fast food industry as the culprit, but the truth is, it's us. We're the guilty ones. We eat too much. We exercise too little. We piss and moan about our weight problems, but in the end, we keep on doing the things that perpetuate the problem.So, where am I going with this? I am ... or was ... one of those people. I used to weigh two hundred sixty-five pounds. That's not so much if I were six-seven, but I am. “He called me last night drunk from a hotel room. He said he’s been sleeping with a hooker for four straight days. He’s not coming back.”“I had no idea. What on earth happened?”“Just couldn’t hold on,” said Jerome. “The man has a lot of problems, I guess. He doesn’t want to face up to the fact that there’s anything wrong with him. His days are numbered if you ask me.”“It could happen to any of us,” said Irving. “We’re just men after all. We’re not supposed to last very long at anything we do.”A.