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Things That Make You Go HMMMMM - - - #27

This has been kind of a rough weekend.  I've not felt well.  Halloween party on Saturday was fun, but, that was when I started to not feel great.  While I was gone a couple of weeks ago, when I left, KayeLynn had a horrible virus that made it so she had to quit her first job and is now relying on her second job.  By the end of the week, Ted had it.  It reacted differently on both of them - but, now I've got it.  I'm going to say again, because this feels just like the same thing I had twice back in July.

Yesterday, Ted wanted to go to Idaho to see his daughter - because we didn't know when we could get back there.  She lives in Glenn's Ferry with her boyfriend and two boys.  She moved there shortly after the newest kiddo, Cash William, was born back in April.  Glenn's Ferry is one of those little towns that you forget exist.  There are no McDonalds.  There are no Subways.  There is literally no fast food in the area.  They have a small community swimming pool (that we went to last time we were there), but most people would rather go swim for free at the swimming hole or in the river.  You see, the Snake River is their backyard.  It literally winds it's way behind the house and down the hill from the house they live in.  It's absolutely beautiful.  It's a four hour drive both ways - and yesterday because of a diversion to Wells, Nevada to pick up something Ted forgot last week while there, it was over five coming back.

Adam, Dee's boyfriend, has a nephew.  Not really sure what his status is, but, he's there quite a bit.  He and Gabriel, my grandson, were born one month apart, so they are extremely close.  When we were leaving to go have lunch, Mason wasn't supposed to go.  But, Ted and I talked and Mason came along.

When we got to the restaurant, Mason was extremely enamored with me.  He wanted to sit by me.  He wanted to be next to me.  He wanted to chat with me.  This was one of our conversations:

Me - as Mason raised my arm, pulled himself up close and tight and hugged into me:  "Mason are you starved for affection or something?"
Mason:  "Nope, I'm full of affection".

Guess it's all a matter of perspective.

HMMMMMMMMM......

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