After an event-free trip from Boston, I landed in Kansas City's small airport to find my suitcase ripped open on one side. Were there hungry alligators on the flight?! I was ready to plead my case forcefully with AirTran and after showing the damage to the lady behind the counter, she simply said: "I'll tell you what: Let's do a swap. Here is another suitcase. Just put your stuff in it and give me your suitcase." Just like that, I became the unexpected owner of a new Delsey piece of luggage. I like Kansas already!
I met Robin, the owner of the Light Center where I am going to spend a month, on the curb. We had a nice chat and quickly connected by talking about her farm, animals, life, Kansas, etc. After an hour drive, we stopped at the grocery store on the way home. That's when my vision of Kansas started to change: The Community Mercantile (The Merc for short) is an organic grocery store with prices close to regular Boston supermarkets! Another point for Kansas! And the people, customers or clerks, were really laid back and friendly. Starting to wonder why Dorothy wanted to leave!
We arrived at the Light Center after a nice chat in the car and I discovered my kingdom for the next month. A renovated barn with a large living area, an open kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and a wonderful playroom, I mean workshop space, upstairs. The current tenants, 3 cats, allowed me to occupy one bedroom after I fed them and used them to get over my own home cat sickness. So far, no scary 'What have I done?!' reaction... I still invited one of the cats to share my bed though and found out that, just like me, he drools in his sleep...
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