But I could always change something. And since I knew I was just going to be reborn again, I could try new things every new life. So while life was tedious, I could always try something new. Which meant I could make life as interesting as I wanted it. That was the loophole for living. I truly did live one day at a time. And each day was as interesting as I wanted it to be. Or dull and boring. Whatever I felt like doing. VIIIGROWING OLDER MEANT learning about dating and boys and their complicated ideas about how to act around girls. One of the things I learned about early on was to stay away from the weird ones, who were always trying to grab you where you didn't want to be grabbed. It was all just another test, like at school. Most tests were stupid. I would get bored about three-quar

