Since I got back from Dumaguete, the one comment I always get is that I gained weight. They didn't ask if I gained weight, they told me. Twice in the same afternoon. Marge paused from her rambling and took a good look at me. "I would have thought it's just your shirt, but when I saw you last week you weren't like that." Now I've always been skinny, not a waif, but I just never managed to put on pounds even if I ate everything in sight. I still want to be able to eat, I've never had to diet, daggumit. That's it, I need to get back to Jessel-size.