It Was a Short-Lived Visit, But So Wonderful to be Reunited with My LRA-Wife, Dr. Elizabeth Stevenson & Her Real Husband (w/ Family)

If you come to southern Connecticut, one can't help but look into a day trip to the Pez Candy dispensary. We solved the 7 dwarves mystery after eating lunch at Lil' Pub in Stratford, and even if we wanted to do a beach day, the bizarre August weather wouldn't allow it. So, adjustments were made and the out-of-town guests chose to return to Rochester a day early. I was looking forward to a day on the water, but it was gray, windy, and cold, so throat candy it was. 

Colorful, bitter, breath-saving throat candy.

The kids put it into my mind that PEZ should have an amusement park, too, and I thought it would be cool to slide through a pool where you sprung from a neck before creating a splash or to ride a PEZ candy cart on a roller coaster as you watched the Oompa Loompa making the sugar pills. Alas, it was only a candy-store bonanza with friends, which was fine by me, because it was fun. The store is definitely a good time and worth the admissions cost, especially when Elizabeth's real husband is literally a kid in the candy store. 

Alas, it's back to work this morning on a rainy, blustery day, but I need to be horns down to charge ahead. We got this Crandall. It's a lot, but so is life. 

One day at a time. 

Great storms last night. Booms. Lightening. Rain to fill rivers and canals (glad we didn't wash away). 

Please, though. I need a couple more beach days. This is not the way August was supposed to be.