FEELING A LITTLE BETTER TODAY... (CAN'T SEEM TO SHAKE THE HEADACHE... FEELS LIKE MY HEAD IS STUFFED WITH SOCKS... WHICH COULD EXPLAIN A LOT)... EMPTIED THE TRUCK INTO MY DOWNSTAIRS LIVING QUARTERS AT THE "TERLOUW ARMS." MUST REDISTRIBUTE THE JEEP SO I CAN GET THAT LEG ROOM...
ANNA TOOK ME AND MAGGIE ON A DRIVING TOUR OF THE KANSAS CITIES (KANSAS AND MISSOURI). WE WENT DOWN WARD PARKWAY WHICH HAD SOME BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND THROUGH THE PLAZA SHOPPING AREA (REMINDED ME OF 5TH AVE. IN NYC... LOTS OF HIGH-END SHOPS AND STORES, BISTROS, SPECIALTY STORES, ETC.), THEN PAST THE ART MUSEUM AND THE MISSION HILLS DISTRICT (UBER-RICH!)... SAW MISSION HILLS COUNTRY CLUB...(NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH MISSION HILLS IN RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA, BUT VERY NICE ALL THE SAME)...CAME BACK AND HA SOME LUNCH AND BEGAN TO PREPARE FOR THE TRICK OR TREATING...
ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS DOWN THE STREET ARRANGED A SMALL GATHERING WITH SOME FOOD AND DRINK FOR THE PARENTS AND KIDS (AND OUT-OF-STATE RELATIVES) BEFORE THE ACTUAL "DRIVE TO AMASS GREAT AMOUNTS OF SWEETS." THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP OF KIDS AND SEVERAL PARENTS AND WE WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOODS COLLECTING GOODIES (MAGGIE WAS RED RIDING HOOD, MOLLY WAS CAPTAIN LIGHTNING, SUPER HERO, ANNA WAS "FRAZZLED MOM", MIKE WAS "DAD WHO JUST GOT HOME FROM MINUTES BEFORE WE HAD TO GO", AND UNCLE JIM WAS A COWBOY IN HIS NEW BOOTS AND COWBOY HAT...
THE ONLY SNAG WAS WHEN A DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR AND HAD A FRONT END COLLISION WITH A TREE ON A ROAD THE GIRLS (MOLLY WAS WITH HER SOCCER TEAM) WERE TRICK OR TREATING ON AND THEY SAW THE ACCIDENT... SHE WAS BADLY SHAKEN BUT THANK GOD NOBODY WAS HURT OUTSIDE OF THE DRIVER...WE LATER FOUND OUT THE DRIVER HAD A SEIZURE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR... WHICH IS NOT THE EXCUSE THAT ANNA COULD HAVE USED WHEN SHE BACKED INTO THE SIDE OF MIKE'S JEEP!! SHE WAS TRYING TO AVOID THE BASKETBALL HOOP AND CRUNCHED HIS PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. LUCKILY, SHE STOPPED BEFORE HITTING MINE...(I WAS PARKED BEHIND MIKE)...
WE CONTINUED CLOSE TO HOME...(WE MET A DEAD RINGER FOR SANTA CLAUS-HE ACTUALLY PLAYS HIM AS A BUSINESS) AND THEN WE WENT HOME TO COUNT UP THE LOOT. HUGE HAUL FOR BOTH GIRLS...
ON A SIDE NOTE...MIKE (ANNA) WON THE CHILI COOK-OFF AT HIS OFFICE...WAS THINKING OF PLAYING A ROUND OF GOLF BUT WANT TO SHAKE THIS COLD FIRST...DON'T WANT TO COMPLICATE THINGS (1700 MILES SO FAR AND MORE TO COME...GOING TO WATCH MOLLY PLAY SOCCER TOMORROW...
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