Today has been a lot of fun. This morning while I was outside watering my plants in Outer Space the phone rang—it was Matt. "Hello, Tony and Miss Nancy, this is Matt. Lisa and I and coming out to see y'all and we're bringing two new volunteers with us. We're on our way." When I came inside and listened to his message I thought, this is a nice way to start off my day and I was right.
When they arrived they helped Tony outside and then he brought them to the trailer for a visit. The first thing Lisa said after hugging me was, "Today is Mark's birthday and I am so in love with him!"
"And, I can see why," I said. "Tony and I really like Mark a lot..." After she and I briefly caught up with each others latest news, Matt gave me a big bear hug and then it was his turn to fill me in on what all he has been up to. The whole time while Matt talked, Tone teased him and Lisa and I could not quit laughing. After all was said and done we went outside, so I could meet the new volunteers, Trisha and Amberly.
After Lisa introduced me to the two nice women we hung out at our front yard gate visiting. Trisha told us that she had just lost her dog of fifteen years and her heart was broken. She said that she wanted to adopt another dog, but she wasn't quite ready to do it today. We understood.
Before heading back to Kerrville, Matt told me, "My awesome parents are coming to visit me in October and I will try to bring them out for a visit."
"Matt, I love your parents. I feel like I've known Gail and Paul all of my life. Please tell them that we would love to see them..."
This afternoon after lunch the phone rang—it was Kinky. "Hello, Nance, you sure sound cheerful today. What's going on?"
After I filled Kinky in on Lisa's and Matt's fun visit and told him about the two new volunteers he said, "Please invite them to come over to the Lodge. I would love to see them."
"I would if I could, but they are gone," I said. "Are you still fasting?" Yesterday, Kinky told me that he was going to fast for twenty-four hours from sundown to sundown tonight.
"Yes, and I haven't smoke my cigar either."
"That is fantastic, Kinky," I said. "I'm fixin' a pot of beans right now and..."
"Don't talk about food, Nance," Kinky warned. "I'm not hungry, so please don't talk about food. Do you want to come over?"
I spent the first four minutes at the Lodge watching Arkansas vs. Georgia football game with Kinky. "Who you for?" I asked, during a time out.
"Georgia," Kinky replied, as he stared at the television, twirling his unlit cigar in his fingers. During a commercial he said, "I think Sophie is going to work out fine. Yesterday, she and Brownie got into it over a bone, but all they did was growl at each other. I'm really starting to like her and..." And then he stopped talking in mid sentence, because the game came back on and the teams were still tied 24 -24 with only twenty seconds left in the game. Then with fifteen seconds to go in the game we watched Arkansas win. "Let's go for a walk," Kinky said. "Come on Brownie, Chumley and Sophie. Let's go for a walk. We'll watch the Texas - Texas Tech game tonight."
When we walked out the backdoor I looked up at the sky and said, "Looks like we're fixin' to get some rain, Kinky."
"I think you might be right. Let's walk down to the creek." We took off headed for the creek with the dogs running ahead of us. No sooner had we arrived at the creek it started raining, so we quickly walked back up to the Lodge. The second that we got under the porch to get out of the rain—it stopped raining.
This evening at sundown I went over to the Lodge and fixed Kinky my new popcorn recipe that Tony came up with and Kinky liked it.
P.S. Tony and I want to wish the love of Lisa's life—Mark in Mississippi a happy, happy birthday!
Y'all have a great evening!
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