Little Trip

Hello,

RAGBRI was in town Thursday night and Friday morning. They were to go close to the museum on their way out of town so Leroy was asked to come to work at 6:00. Anyway he got there at 5:30. He does not believe in being late. Because he was going in two hours early he would get off two hours early. He learned this fact on Wednesday. We contacted Brian and found out that it would be a good weekend for a visit. Apparently Leroy looked very tired in the afternoon so his boss asked if he would like to leave even earlier than the 3:00 time. That was great, but not so great because I was not ready to leave at that point. We did manage to leave ahead of our planned departure time.

“It has been a long time since we have been out of town,” one of us remarked.

We noted the dryness of the corn and pastures. It is quite sad looking. In the city we are, at this point, more inconvenienced than seriously traumatized by the lack of rain. I knew it is problematic, but seeing helps me more fully grasp the depth of the despair. Some places obviously had had some rain, but some just next door looked terrible. It was much better in Minnesota and north places.

We had not seen any of our grandchildren since the end of March. It was great to get some hugs, playtime and general horsing around. Logan, at seventeen months, was a just a little hesitant at first, but quickly got in the thick of things. Maybe he even remembered us.

He is talking now and liberally sprinkled “grandpa” around when he felt the urge. Granny was slower to come out of his mouth, but he made that too. We think earlier he was calling me grandma.

Now if those daughters of ours just lived closer we could drop in on them for a short visit when the opportunity suddenly presented itself. I fantasize about having bungee cords attached to all my children and just pulling them in when I wanted to see them and they could spring back when it was time to leave. Mass and matter does not work that way does it?

Paula