Sandra and I had an amiable conversation on the way down. We talked about some of things we liked to do and found out she liked to go shrimp scooping ...from the channel bridges, but hadn't done it in years. We agreed to get the gear together to repeat some of the fun from our youth. I agreed to go with her on one of her family's sailboats when she said we could go on a small one that she was licensed for, and possibly go to the Dry Tortugas and stay overnight on the boat. She also said she was a. We were watching the news when the very, very British announcer noted that “the Ambassador to the United States from Botswana has visited the US Secretary of State, requesting that US aid in the form of wheat shipments be halted for the remainder of the year. It seems that the warehousing capability in that country has reached the limit of its capacity. There is no where else to put the wheat. Sources claim that a ‘computer glitch’ had increased the grain due to go to Botswana from 50 million. "This was an intriguing suggestion and certainly would provide anopportunity for me to get out of the house; overcome my incipientboredom and gain some experience of what it was like working as a womanin an environment where "man was king"! I swiftly agreed and Sally saidshe would put my name forward the next day. In the event she did so,saying; "My cousin is staying with me for a few weeks. She recentlyended a long-standing relationship and is looking to return to work.Although she is much. This morning I made chocolate fudge, butter pecan cookies and chocolate covered strawberries. There were four bottles of Dom Perignon along with four bottles of Joh. Jos. Prüm Riesling (white wine) in ice buckets. The table was set with my fine china and champagne flutes. The area for reading was set up with three sectionals in a u – shape. There were four matching pillows for each sectional. I went upstairs to get ready. Taking a nice warm shower, my thoughts drifted to what was to come..
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