• Erin is an amazing child. I’ve never met a more caring helpful kid. I’m a lucky guy to have that kid in my life.
• Had to hotel this trip more than I’m used to. Four nights total. She loved the hotel pools.
• Weather was great except for the day we headed home. We spent hours driving in the rain through various state.
• The drive through Missouri was horrid. Flooding caused a detour that added, at my best guess, 90+ miles to the trip. We traveled many miles at single digit speeds. Those that know me know the Hell I felt driving that slowly.
• Erin travels great and has a true Post bladder!
• Mom and Erin were great together and Erin talked for hours on the way home about “Old Beppe” and what the 2 of them will do next summer. Good luck Mom.
• Old Beppe, Beth and Nancy can move out here with us and we can see each other daily.
• I love the way that kid’s mind works. If she thinks it, it can happen in her mind.
• Cousin Laurel and her friends are her good friends. She asked me to invite them over so they can have a sleep over.
• I was all choked up when I dropper her off at Will’s.
• Erin was a gem at the funeral. She behaved far better than I thought she would and the only time she was loud was when an ant bit her at the graveside and she yelped and told the ant, “get off my chair dude!”
• She was an angel at the service. She even fell asleep on Nancy’s lap.
• All in all, it was nice seeing friends and family, even though the timing change made it hard to see everyone I wanted to.

Peace

4.5 hour detour due to flooding on I-44 with speeds reaching into the single digits at times. I’m guessing that it was over 100 miles.

I would rather be in OKC writing this, but I’m in Joplin, MO.