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Pearl Adventures

So. When I travel, I usually bring Pearl, my little stuffed octopus. I am aware of how silly it is for a 28 (nearly 29!) year old woman to be traveling with a stuffed octopus so let's just not go there.

When we were in the car on the way to the airport yesterday, Dad asked about Pearl and we realized... we'd left her behind! Oh no! Pearl likes to hide in my parents' house in places where my mom will eventually see her and erupt into giggles. She usually hides in places like the refrigerator or the blender, or peeking out from behind pictures. Or in plants.

Well, this time, she'd hidden and Mom hadn't found her!

So we get to the airport, all distraught, and while we were eating lunch, I get a text message with this picture in it:

Pearl says hi.

Whew!

When we got home, I got another text message:

Pearl borrowed the car and went out to eat.

By this time we realized my phone wasn't getting messages in good time. Apparently, my Dad had been waiting by his phone for a return text for quite some time by the time I talked to him. The last message came in the middle of the night.