We had a fun time. They were past the stack them up and knock things down stage so we could work at letters and little words. I was surprised how inte...rested they were; I had missed so much in the last six months.After supper we put the boys to bed. I started with the reports Robert had left in my box. Robert had left a week’s worth of posts in my box; I wondered why as I had seen all of them except the last two days. I started with the oldest, looking for answers.Tiam was posting dozens of. I had the chert hunk glued together outlining the missing point. I love extra credit.Summer school was 12 credits of 4.25 on a 4 point system. I discovered my loves:I loved digging in the dirt.I loved the 'chink' of the trowel as it hit the tip of whatever was buried in the dirt.Veterans I have met tell me combat is 90 percent boredom, eight percent dumb shit and two percent sheer terror. Archaeology is 90 percent mind numbing work, scrape away ... keep it level, square the walls, measure. .I..”, I sat bolt upright, searching for words. She came up to me and held my face in her hands. “Are you scared dear?”, she asked softly. I nodded. “Why dear? You are so beautiful. Very very beautiful like a barbie doll. Why should you be scared?”. I did not say anything as she continued on. “Your skin is so soft and smooth. You are very fair, so fair that you should be in fair and lovely ad”. I laughed at this. She said, “You should not be ashamed to exhibit such beauty. By the way, only we. However, once in a while we have some fun. My days of playing video games are mostly in the past at least for now. Whether it was my experience with Carey or my friendship with Matt,who is always the life of the party, I am no longer nearly as shy as I used to be and I am a lot more confident. The girls here in Gainesville are incredible and when we do go out I am usually pretty successful in picking girls up. I don’t have the time to have a girlfriend now, but going out and having random.