Two days later I started my new job and then it was ten and twelve hour days as I worked at learning my new job and learning the ways of the company.O...n my days off I went house hunting. I was hampered by the fact that I had no down payment until my house in Michigan was sold and I ended up losing out on a couple of really nice ones. One day while I was looking at houses with a real estate agent I commented on the fact that I was wasting the time of both of us and he asked why. I told him and he. She began scanning the faces of the strangers that surrounded her, looking for any sign of someone, anyone that she may know. It’s not that she was uneasy sitting by herself, it’s just that she was already bored. Boredom would lead to drinking. Drinking would lead to excessive drinking. And excessive drinking would lead to leaving with some guy she didn’t know AT ALL, and she wasn’t exactly game for that. She could call her ex boyfriend, but that would mean conceding defeat to the game they. ’ ‘Please, come in for some coffee. I feel bad you’ve been out there freezing.’ And I think you’re cute in a mean way and I want to get to know you. That part she didn’t add aloud. ‘That’s not necessary. I was just helping out.’ ‘Please?’ Victoria didn’t know what made her say that, when she had entire sentences planned for when he declined. ‘All right.’ He gave a brief nod of his head. Victory for Victoria! She smiled and turned, leading him to the kitchen. ‘Cream, sugar, artificial. Maybe that’s not a bad thing.”I nodded and we parted company, while I walked over to catch a ride home with Cindy. I told her about it and she grinned, saying, “The polo shirt has nothing to do with it. But you gotta admit, we actually DO know all this stuff.”I nodded, and she continued: “Mandy, it’s an easy bet that you were in the top 1% of your class in public schools, and moving you from middle-school to College doesn’t change that. You’re in the top 1% here, too, and you’re always going to.