Babykins Becca,

I greatly enjoyed your last post. I literally laughed out loud, which was semi-embarrassing since I am in a public place, Barnes and Noble to be exact. To say this it is difficult to NOT get up and buy ten books is an understatement. I think I may make my dad chain me to this here table and then bolt the table to the floor seeing as that might be the only way to restrain me from expanding my library. But alas this Barnes and Noble is the only place my dad and I found close by that had free WiFi and I am willing to put myself through this non-book buying torture because I knew it was vital for my survival to read your new blog posts and posts back. I have been on serious Becca blog withdrawal. I have noticed that my demeanor has not been as joyful as usual. The colors are duller, the birds' songs less beautiful, the sunset less radiant, all because I haven't known what was going on in your life.

Well I must make this quick because father is done and probably doesn't want to sit and watch me type for 20 minutes. My current location is Duluth, Minnesota. Weather is MISERABLE! It is raining A LOT. But apparently it's a good thing because it's been really dry up here. So dry lakes have disappeared. Seriously. I wouldn't joke about such things.

There's not much to do while it's raining. We're going to walk around a mall really quick because Kenny is having his oil changed. You know what I just realized, someone who didn't know that Kenny is the name of my car probably thought that last sentence was very strange, maybe even disturbing.

I noticed that when I'm up here I tend to talk with the Wisconsin and Minnesota accent. It's interesting.

OH! I forgot that I am very disturbed about the current math teaching situation in our schools. We need to do something about this Becca! I agree that if I had to memorize the times tables, then EVERYONE SHOULD! It's only fair that other people know our pain. 7x7 = 49.

We are going to another Casino here in Duluth. 3x4=12. If I win a bunch of money I'm going to buy you a present. You like machetes right? 6x8=48.

THE SPEAKER GUY IN BARNES AND NOBLE JUST CALLED FOR ROB! I DIDN'T KNOW ROB LIVED IN MINNESOTA! 5x2=10. I never thought I heard an accent when he talked.

Shoot there was something else I was going to say but I forgot! 8x5=40.

I bought some stuff today.

Okay I can't remember what else I was going to say so I'm just gonna go and spare my dad the boredom. 9x9=81. I am having a good time at the lake but I do miss you. We need to arrange a visit ASAP. Goal for the next 3 days...decide who is going to see who...seriously, 3 DAYS LANG!

Goodbye
Rachel

P.S. 7x5=35