she 'd nearly filled a notebook with scribbles , and every time one of her ideas did n't pan out , she went back to those notes for a new possible solution . well be friends she smiled at me and i back . although , the way this fellow was walking , if he was any slower hed be going backwards . from here on out you just need to put everything around you on hold and focus on your studies as you used to do . '' the old girl has good bones . more so than becoming a parent even . 