One man is standing off to one side watching them. I think he’s the senior officer. I approach, and ask, “Any idea how long the plane will be off-...line yet?”He turns to me, and says, “Not really, but one tech said it’ll likely take them two days or more just to identify what’s wrong, as so much went down at once. Looks like we won’t make it home for Christmas now. We were heading back to base to sign in gear prior to going on leave for four weeks. Most would’ve made it home, but not now, because. "I felt my face getting hot once again, and looked down at my bookquickly."Thanks, you looked really cute too! I've always thought you looked sogood as a girl." Stacey said laughing. "Why are you studying so hard?Even though I'm too 'solid' for the Cheer squad, there are lots of guyswho would love to have me sitting on their bed..."I looked at her; did I imagine that she was rubbing the inside of herthigh?"I love having you sitting on my bed too." Was I actually going to saywhat was forming in. Weeks passed and things didn’t improve at all. It was starting to get me down, mom and dad could see how depressed I was getting from the ongoing verbal battering.Then things changed, Rory approached me one day after school, he asked if he could share a lift home. I was wary of his intentions, but any hope for our friendship to be rekindled had to be encouraged.It was a day when I had hired the town car to take me home, so we got into the back, the driver set off for home as soon as we were. The only difference in construction was the size. 20 feet compared to the average 12 foot lodge the tribe family usually lived in signaled the difference horses were going to make in the lives of the tribe.When a buffalo hide is staked down to remove the fat and small meat left over from field butchery, there is a ridge of hide on the outside of the stakes that doesn't get scraped ... why bother, the holes from the stakes are going to be cut off to use the hide ... in the case of lodge.