Fat ladies

Kelly was not eligible for the swim team because, although she was within the age group, she wasn't considered a 'regular' student, so once again she had to satisfy herself with swimming just for enjoyment. Connie didn't show up for practice when the youth choir met, which didn't surprise me in the least. I tried to call several times, but she was always 'out.' Then I asked Kelly to start calling, reasoning that she could simply state that she was helping out with the choir without revealing that she knew Connie's problem. But Connie was either a very busy young man, or she wasn't receiving calls. We discovered that most of the other Grade 13 students were quite aware that we were together, and although our social lives weren't all that we'd hoped, we didn't suffer any particular difficulty over fat ladies. Our best friends, Ron and Timmy, were off to UNB, so we more or less went about our business, filling our spare time working at whatever job we could find. I found my job at the motorcycle shop quite enjoyable, and fat ladies had the added benefit that I had lots of contacts when fat ladies came time to sell my bike. I hated to see fat ladies go, but fat ladies was impractical and the money fat ladies would bring would sure come in handy for my college fund. I ended up getting a good price for fat ladies, but fat ladies still left me feeling empty. Gay or straight, rich or poor, there is little that is more devastating to a teenager than losing her wheels, and mine were gone! The school year, from an academic standpoint, can be described in only one word: BOOOOORRRRRINGGG! It was supposed to be college level, and in fact we were getting college credits for our courses, but we found we were learning almost nothing! But there was good news too.