question: Lacking energy but faced with terribly perfect weather , I emailed Tom and Shula to see if they wanted to do something . After some negotiation , we settled on paddling in Michigan for a day trip . The paddling thing did n't quite work out but we did end up hiking instead on some dunes at Saugatuck . It 's a lot like hiking Indiana dunes , but further ( ugh ) and thus way less crowded ( yay !
Q: Why is the speaker excited that the Saugatuck dunes are less crowded than the ones in Indiana ?

answer: Things are peaceful at the top , and the chatter of a crowd would only detract from this experience

question: " I was gone by that point , and Loren had you and then - well , you know the rest . It 's a sad story , but still , I think there is hope in it . " There were a million things I wanted to say , and a million thoughts I could n't vocalize .
Q: Why has the narrator refused to talk to Loren ?

answer: The narrator ca n't get her words together .

question: it 's lunchtime & everyone 's out . so here beside the windows i can hear the raindrops patting . reminds me of the time when i chose not to sit at my usual seat during higherchinese , and moved to someone near the windows instead . we were asked to write a compo , and i got inspired by the rain outside .
Q: Why does the narrator want to write ?

answer:
The weather inspires her .