The first...

...thing she said, when I walked in the door;
"it's Cinco de Mayo Dad", so let's just explore,
the purpose of those words and their importance,
each thing has a purpose, a reason for indulgence.

So the girl wanted some Mexican food, good;
we'd go to Taco Bell just like we should,
but she changed her mind, oh, about 5 times,
Note: I hope you're reading between the lines.

When we got to Augusta we made our first stop,
went in the supermarket, nice place to shop,
magazine, yogurt, muffin, iced coffee too,
nice combination, I didn't say "boo".

The down the interstate, it's quite a ride,
especially when you ride with a talker, right by your side,
well, okay, in the back seat,
she's still a talker that's hard to beat.

Just a quick trip in Augusta, at Staples, you know,
it's a good place to stop, I had to go!
She did 12 projects at that first stop,
then back in the car, hoppity-hop.

A short stop in Biddeford, to Staples we go,
Hollie met Ryan, the one who packs heat;  (laminator)
and then she found out he knows Eric in Bangor,
that kept up the chat, who knows what for?

Now down to Sanford, first a quick bite,
then a visit to Grammie, love at first sight;
soon it was time to set off again,
after a handshake with Gram, and a slight grin.

Back to the Biddeford Staples, imagine that!
some more projects to add to the stack.
Then up route one, with South Portland intent;
off to the northerly direction we went.

Right through the towns and cities we flew,
next stop was Portland Headlight, hey!, It's in view;
a short walk around and a photo or two,
phone call to Mom, or, what's in it for you?

Well, we went to a card shop and a book store too,
nice present for Mom with her day in view,
and some postcard, of course, what else would we do,
well, head up to Augusta, there's a Staples there too.

Now we're headed east on route three,
headed for Belfast, eating for her and me,
then we headed right across the street,
Reny's for shopping, and a small treat.

Finally headed on one-forty-one,
back to Winterport, where we started from,
she was one happy girl, 20 projects in tow,
some new postcards too; well, there you go!

Smile :)