When I tried to sleep, my circular thoughts would not let me be. The monkey chatter in my head would not shut up. I hated bedtime, I hated baths, I had trouble sleeping. I quit m**********g in mid-stride and rolled over. The drone of the planes taking off from nearby Hopkins Airport wasn’t helping any. Then: I hatched this wild idea about applying to colleges in Canada and eloping with Millie – maybe to a fairy tale place like Prince Edward Island. I had seen an ad for a university there in the CSU Student Union.
Cutting all my classes the next day, I took the train to Millie to tell her about Prince Edward Island. She was wild about it. Her excitement stunned me. I wrote to the school and mailed the letter the same day. I also wrote to the University of Manitoba, where they had a running
