Someone tried to teach me how to ski but said maybe we should wait for the authorities so as not to get in trouble. I received a letter from Emmett and it was full of surprising misspellings. He said we could hang out now that I was home, but I was in Africa for a bit so we actually couldn’t. I was in some class where I hadn’t done any of the homework so I didn’t know anything when the teacher called on me; I had to sit at the stupid table. I was embarrassed especially because Alex was in that class. I tried to save face by making a humorous sarcastic comment and felt a little better when people laughed.