The lack of sleep had me nodding off in math class, earning me a warning on Tuesday. We only had pool access Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, so Amy drove us to her house. Her Mom put a gym in the basement, including a Universal gym and fighting mat. I did upper-body weight training for thirty minutes, and then I swapped places with Amy on the treadmill for a run. When we finished, we worked on grapples from our Brazilian Jujitsu classes. We'd finished showering in her room when Beta Susan called us down to dinner.

The chili had been cooking in the crockpot since Monday, and she'd put the breadmaker...