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Conversation had on the way back from visiting Phillip in Pollock, LA:

Kid: Everybody say here when I call your name. Wendy!
Me: Here!
Kid: Aunt Diane!
AD: Here!
Kid: (says her own name) Here!
AD: Everyone present and accounted for!
Me: Which is more than they can say at the prison

As we drove into Pineville and then to Ball on our way to Pollock, there were definitely a lot of police cars around. I don't suppose anyone in law enforcement there has had a day off in awhile.

Once at the prison, people were talking about McNair in the waiting room. As we were escorted back, one of the other visitors asked the female guard if they had caught McNair yet. I found her answer odd - "hmmm, I don't know, you know, I don't think they have." As if it was no big deal. Then another female visitor remarked, "I don't know how in the world he got out, as hard as it is just to get IN to visit." Amen. And as of today, it seems they still have no real idea where he is.

Although we got there at 7:55, we didn't get back to the visiting room until 10:00. We eventually learned that supposedly their computer system had been down first thing in the morning. It sure would have been nice if they had told us that while we were in the waiting room all that time.

Anyway, we had a nice visit although they are never long enough.

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Conversation had on the way home from work/school yesterday:

Kid: God loves us very much.
Me: Yes he sure does.
Kid: And he watches over us, right?
Me: Absolutely
Kid: He watches over us and tells Santa whether we've been good or bad because Santa can't keep up with everyone all by himself.
Me: Uh....

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I'm feeling better today, finally. I started getting sick Friday night on the way home from Louisiana, and boy was I sick all day Saturday. Fortunately my mom got to the store early and I went down and laid down in the back for about 6 hours. I had a fever and felt so bad I had laid down on the floor behind the counter before she got there. Sunday was a little better and then yesterday I went to the doctor. He tested for strep, negative, and basically didn't know what it is but gave me an antibiotic and a decongestant, which seem to be helping.

I suppose if something good can come from being sick it is that I have been too sick to smoke. The last one I had was about 10:30 on Friday night, and even then I barely had any of it. I started wanting one Sunday night but decided I had already gone almost 2 days, let's see how far this can go. It's been 3 days, 11 hours and counting. Wish me luck.

The kid had a good Easter. She had Easter baskets both at my house and at Memaw and Papa's, and she hunted eggs over at their house. I dozed off on their couch watching Wayne's World (still funny after all this time) and then we went out to eat dinner. It was a nice day, I think she had a good time.

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And finally, a laugh...

SKINNY DIPPING

An elderly man in Florida had owned a large farm for years. He had a large pond in the back, fixed up nice; picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some orange and peach trees. The pond was ideal for swimming, although he rarely did that anymore.

One evening he decided to go down to the pond, as he hadn't been there for a while, and look it over. He grabbed a five gallon bucket with which to bring back some fruit.As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his pond. He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end.

One of the women shouted to him, "We're not coming out until you leave!"

The old man frowned, "I didn't come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or to make you get out of the pond naked." Holding the bucket up he said, "I'm here to feed the alligator."

Moral: Old men can still think fast when they have to.