Random Thoughts 14: I can see clearly now 2020 edition

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I had the coolest thing happen this morning! I got a surprise messenger message from the Norwegian girl who spent a year with us as an exchange student. She has apparently been trying to catch back up with us recently, but my ex passed away before FB got big, and my name had changed (AND we moved to another town!). She didn't say how she found me, but I suspect it was through my sons, one of whom shares his dad's name.

Net result - we're looking to meet up in August when we stop in Norway on our cruise!

BTW - she lived with us 32 years ago!

My parents hosted a foreign exchange student from Finland when my younger sister was a senior in HS (I was a senior in college at that time). They have visited her a couple of times when they have been in Finland. They were going to fly her back to Iowa for what would have been her and my sister’s 20yr HS reunion but she was pregnant at the time. Facebook and Instagram have been great to keep up with her.
 
Husband was a saint and helped my parents set up and transfer everything to a new computer. Took a good 4-5hrs, he walked over since the roads weren’t plowed. Came home and immediately went to work clearing our drive with the snowblower at about 9:30pm. After he gets in the plow FINALLY comes by just before 10pm. o_O
 
Well, ISU wrestlers won and gymnastics team won tonight. That’s 100%. Until something goes wrong tomorrow.
 
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We just got home from seeing The Color Purple musical at Stephens. Q&A with some cast members before the show, which was great, by the way. The cast came to Ames from Sioux Falls today, arriving around 5 for a 7:30 show. Someone didn’t tell their driver to go east and then south.
 
My parents hosted a foreign exchange student from Finland when my younger sister was a senior in HS (I was a senior in college at that time). They have visited her a couple of times when they have been in Finland. They were going to fly her back to Iowa for what would have been her and my sister’s 20yr HS reunion but she was pregnant at the time. Facebook and Instagram have been great to keep up with her.
She & I wrote letters for a while, but they kind of faded off. That's one place where FB is a real plus - it's easier to maintain contact. We've kept in touch with the German boy that was with Lew & I about six years after her; we've visited with him & his family a couple of times when cruising in Europe, and he has come back to visit us a few times.
 
I've never seen 1-3 let alone 4
They are all good movies, the end of 3 got me in the feels pretty hard. 4 has its moments but has a way different vibe than all the others and is actually kind of dark and parts are almost pretty sad and creepy.
 
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Apparently Emma is afraid of the wind and wont stay outside long enough to go to the bathroom. This is one problem I didnt see coming.
 
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