”I was awestruck and wondered how I could parlay out meeting into something more meaningful. I looked at the jacket on the rack.“You take a ‘sma...ll’,” I noted.“Yes, I do,’ she replied, but I can’t afford it right now. I am just looking,” she replied.I grabbed the jacket and ripped off the sales tag.“You now have a new jacket,” I replied, handing it to her.“No, no, no,” she argued back.“Go put it on and let’s go for a ride,” I remarked as I turned and walked towards the register. I told the clerk. We where in a cove. It was hot as Hell in that cab so as soon as we stoped I got out and jumped in the lake. I had forgotten about the bikini being see though untill it was to late. Greg and the guys took off their shirts and came in the water in just their shorts. I got out to have a smoke and I heard them all hooping and hollering , that's when I looked down and remembered I was as good as naked. They all got out and we fired up some smoke, I got a cool buzz going and one thing led to another. You have to be optimistic about life. You may still find a man to marry, or least one that you want to have a child with." Perhaps. In the meantime, I still want to find my alien child."They got back home, and as Beatrice was starting to droop, Enid decided it was time for the little girl's nap. Together, they prepared Beatrice for sleeping, and tucked her into her bed. It was a real bed, not a cot. Beatrice was proud of that transition from infant to little girl, as represented by her sleeping. However, over time, my financial resources were dwindling. I’d had some time for skiing over the Christmas break, and between that and my incidental costs around La Grande, I could see my bank account dwindling. Dad had suggested that if I wanted a summer job, he could find a place for me at East Cascades. Apparently my previous reputation was still good with their people.I worked both in the office and out in the plant that summer, filling in for people on vacation. I had the advantage that I.