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July 02, 2004
Iowa Notes, Part II
A fun day at Henry Doorly, a fun day at the Omaha Children's Museum, a meal at Valentino's, and I'm all set. The highlight yesterday was Brian showing Penny Jack's funky rash crap on his head, and her RN self recognizing it immediately as ringworm. Urgh. Why--why do I, with my constant fear/paranoia of being seen as trash by the rest of my dad's family, have to have a kid with RINGWORM? I am crushed and embarrassed. I'm hoping that no one notices at the fourth of July bash on Sunday. Normally the Dahlkes drink enough, and wait until it's dark enough for fireworks, that I should be OK that no one sees. He is getting pretty bald in that one patch behind his ear, though.
Other embarrassing news: dad sent me a check for $100 that I didn't cash before we left. Now I have his check, and for some reason, am too embarrassed to ask him to cash it!? So I'm feverishly and sneakily looking through the phone books to find a branch of his bank to cash it at so we have gas money to get home. All the branches are over in Omaha, and I get lost in Omaha--even with the streets all so neatly numbered and lettered.
And a hurrah: I made it up dad's crazy hill today at the end of my run. I think I put a hurtin' on myself doing it, though.
Posted by mryonker at July 2, 2004 11:46 AM