Hey Mary, you've really been gone a long time. How did you manage to do that?
Hi. Well, I talked with my teachers before I left about the work I would miss, but my aunt in Denver made me study a lot there.
I thought she was your rich aunt.
Not really. But she doesn't have any children, so she does have some money even though she was a teacher.
How was the holiday?
Cool and I saw so many people on the mountain on Washington's Birthday.
The beaches were full on Washington's Birthday here, too. It really was warm here. So lots of people went swimming.
Well, we should have stayed home that day. There were so many people. We took the train over to the mountain. So we didn't have to drive. It was a good thing we did. There were so many cars and buses and no place to park anywhere.