Chapter Eighteen
“The doer alone learneth.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
For the next several days Mia and I spent almost every spare moment we had drilling each other on proper manners, decorum, and how to pamper without hovering. We exercised constantly and worked to hone and tone our bodies. We wanted to be the absolute best for our prospective owners. We worked out every day, testing, honing and perfecting our minds and bodies to be the best we could be.
We took a break to attend our graduation ceremonies, standing with our Warbler cohort, and we all got our diplomas. At the reception, I spoke with people with whom I’d started the program. Sue, whom I remembered from the first gardening assignment in Phase One. She looked radiant, and told me she had met a handsome guy at the farmer’s mar
