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I am up and bushy tailed – ready for the day. I have been wondering if Mikey really wanted to come to Hermiston. I would almost bet not. It looks like the road should be good and the drive pretty good. I still have to pack up which should not take long. It sure would nice if the renter would pay the rent and I could get it in the bank before all the checks start coming in. oh well, I will straighten it out next week.

Ellen called me around Biggs and wanted to have lunch tomorrow. She is taking the meat to Nancy and should be back through inext week. I told her I would be in Portland all weekend.

Mikey called me about eleven o’clock looking for me. He was thrilled I was so close. I got there and he was riding his bicycle. I talked to Annie and she kept saying everything is okay and going good. She said she had bought the car for Katie. I am not sure why. Mikey and I headed out to the playground around his school. We played basketball and monster. He decided we would go swimming and he did not see anyone he knew and mainly just sort of stayed off by himself. We left there and got a air pump and some baseball equipment. He is such a good athlete. It breaks my heart that he cannot be in a little league of some sort. He would do well. We played in the park again – I pitched and he batted. He did very well. Then we went bowling. He said he had been before but obviously he hadn’t. He did very well. Then we went to the gaming-arcade theater and finally headed home around nine o’clock. He wanted to hang out more but we didn’t. He really got me when he said he had not had a bed for over a year or so. Just a couple blankets under him and a short one on top of him. I could have cried. He is such a good kid.