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sure Kay noticed how much weight I had lost—the dirty tan on my face and the new wrinkles around my eyes and the look of a man that had a wiser, older look than the last time she has seen me. Kay, on the other hand looked younger and more poised not to mention gorgeous ! Kay had decided to leave Kimmie with her Grandparents while she made the trip to D.C.—Kay and Kimmie had spent the year with her family in Bramwell so Kimmie was right at home for that couple of days. We decided to stay in DC overnight since it was late in the day by the time we got away from the airport. The trip to Bramwell was approx. six hours and after fourteen + hours on the airplane I was feeling the effects of the journey. —We stayed at the soon to be famous Watergate Hotel ( of Richard Nixon
fame ). We couldn’t stop talking—I wanted to hear all about Kimmie and what they had been doing for the past year and Kay wanted to hear all about my experiences. We had a big steak dinner which I found too ‘rich’ for my stomach —I actually had a little queezeness from the meal since my diet had been so bland for so long. We had a wonderful night together and left for Bramwell early the next morning —I couldn’t wait to ‘meet’ our little toddler who was now walking and saying a few words. Kay had sent pictures and made audio recordings of Kimmie through the past year—keeping me up to date on her growth and development so I already knew a lot about her —I couldn’t wait to actually pick her up and hug her close like I did that early morning a little over a year earlier when I had said goodbye and left her and her Mom in front of the Pine Ave. Apts. in Carlsbad Cal.
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