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I’d already told Halli that since it was Friday night I could meet her a little earlier and then sleep in later. I never knew how much I could love a weekend until I started messing with my sleep this way.
So instead of setting my alarm for the middle of the night, I just stayed up until I knew my mom was asleep. I told Halli that would probably be around 10:00 my time—6:00 AM hers—and I wasn’t far off.
I changed into my long underwear and made the journey. Soon to be tackled by a big yellow dog.
“Good boy, Red, hello!” It took a few minutes to wrestle him off me, and by then I was covered in fur. Not that I minded at all.
“Where are we?” I asked Halli.
“Paradise,” she said.
Close enough.
Green, green, green. After all those miles of nothing but rock, this place was like an oasi
