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Joy 04/23/2022

 One of the joys of being a grandparent is spoiling your grandchildren. We are staying with Noah while his parents take a trip to Atlanta.  

Today we went to the Chain of Parks Art Festival. This was after sleeping in and having a breakfast of donuts. Yumm so nutritious. 

After walking around awhile Jan got hungry and figured Noah needed something to eat. So stopping at the FIRST food truck we see. Noah decides on fries. I'm thinking like a serving of fries, you know with a side of catsup. Jan leaves me with Noah to go and get her a corndog. I finally get to the front of the line and Noah orders his fries with all the fixings. The guy behind the counter says $15...

I miss heard him and thought he said $8 and handed him a ten dollar bill. He kept his hand out, Noah looked at me waiting.... And then I realized it was $15.  For fries.  Ok, Noah is my grandson and I get to spoil him. Digging back into my wallet I pull out a $20 and take back the ten....smiling.


By this time Jan had got her corndog and taken Noah to a table to wait for me. I wait and wait for the fries. After calling several numbers around my number "7" I finally got called for my order of fries. Ok it was more than just an order of fries. This was a full meal for a small family. A big plate of fries, cheese, green onions, tomatoes, some kind of spicy pork, sour cream, some other sauces to add later and a big scoop of guacamole. It looked pretty good but I was still full from breakfast. 

I brought it over to Noah for his lunch. He ate a few fries and the guacamole.... "I'm done" 


Yea the joy of being a grandparent is being able to buy a $15 scoop of guacamole for your grandson's lunch and being able to smile and say "what'cha wanna do next?"

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