Check List Complete Part 01

[Mary Beth Sanford]

Check List Complete 07

Chapter
Sex In The Suburbs

Once again he was nursing his pacifier while she lifted his legs high enough for the diapers. Once back down he spread them and closed his eyes to the sensations that came with baby soft cotton gently caressing his thighs and genitals. Sandy didn't hurry making sure he was suitably teased as his transformation went on. She wiggled the diaper between his legs but instead of petting it smooth over him she cupped it first so it cuddled his tes_ticles.

She was being wonderfully agonizing as she fussed with the edges of his diaper on either side of his tes_tes. Only then did she slide her hand up and over his pe_nis to the edges at his side. She carefully pushed the diaper pin into the joined sides and clipped it closed on the left then drew the right slightly more snug to pin the right. Testing the snugness with a finger came last but not before her nail sparked a reaction from a little tease within his diaper. He cooperated with his ruffled panties like he'd been wearing them forever as they came over his diapers.

Ash remember her helping him up to fold the towel allowing him to catch his image in the mirror. He wasn't a girl, that much was clear, nor a baby for that matter, but there he stood in diapers and ruffled panties. His ruffled clad bottom under a pink quilted bed jacket edge in chiffon gathers up to a ribbon bow that tied it closed.

He remembers Sandy commenting on how cute he looked and that the only thing missing were proper shoes and hair bows. When he asked what she meant by proper shoes she told him those adorable shoes little girls wore that strapped closed. He'd laughed and said something to the effect that it didn't look likely, and she had responded that he didn't have much say in it.  He pondered that for all of about five seconds before he had to agree.  He'd easily become a sissy but he'd laid out the benefits of doing so and weighed one against the other. 

He was driving to work on Wednesday slowing to a light that put him across from a little girl's dress shop noticing it for the first time. He also noticed the sizes of the mannequins from left to right each adorned in frilly dresses, but what really caught his eye was realizing he could easily fit into that one worn by the forth from the left.  On Thursday, driving that same path he'd pulled aside to park for a bit just to see what kind of dress it was and what else she wore.  He drove the rest of the way with a raging erec_tion he just managed to get rid of as he pulled into the parking lot.

"Another reason for diapers," he mused putting the truck into park.

Each day after Monday Sandy would greet Ash like she did everyone else and the work would be parsed before people made their way to the planes either in the hanger or on the flight line.  Ash's size left him uniquely qualified for most of the difficult to reach places but for the sake of safety he needed a wingman standing by in case something happened.  No one wanted to hang around doing nothing so it was almost always Sandy taking on the role. At least that's how it looked. For Sandy it wasn't a chore so much as her fantasy time.  She'd been shopping since Tuesday afternoon.

Sandy had a little slip of paper in her hand when she walked into the first store. She'd slipped a pad on and was thankful at the foresight because the very notion of buying her little man a dress had started her tingling almost immediately. It only got better when her choices came into view. There were forces working on her that were only just coming into focus.  One came from her past, the other now from what was happening with Ash. 

Discovering her bi-sexuality was almost secondary to discovering she liked being a dominate and thanks to that brief but memorable relationship with Wendi she'd been able to uncover both.  Ash as it happens fostered the memories of Wendi and in a very short span of time was becoming a kind of Wendi surrogate.  Ash played a key role because of his size, the fact that he wore diapers and that Monday when he willingly went into the ruffled panties he all but became Wendi in her mind.

Wendi was a bed wetter and wore pull-ups and she was gay. More to the point, Wendi was a girl but that hardly mattered since Sandy had already proven that Ash could easily tolerate his transformation and looked adorable besides. Now all she had to do was stay calm.


Chapter
Dresses and Intimates

"Are you okay,"  The sales woman asked coming over to offer sales assistance when Sandy had stopped at the door.

Sandy wasn't ill, nor confused but she was feeling faint as the rush of endorphins increased and flooded her brain.  Her vag_inal flow was increasing making her thankful for the larger pad she'd selected. Sandy hadn't noticed her quickening heart rate or breathing getting shallow but she did feel her vag_inal lips growing puffier and more sensitive. She almost wished she'd slipped her vibrator in as her clit_oris disappeared into its hood but she was positive she'd pass out if that was working at the moment. Sandy was nearly on the verge of an orgasm when she fought to gain control again.

"I'm sorry, too much coffee today and it's catching up."

"I know the feeling. Are you looking for anything in particular?"

"Everything actually. Or until I hit my budget and I'm not sure what my budget is? Now that sounded terribly cryptic didn't it?"

"It did but intriguing as well."

"I'm sorry, let me explain. A mother and girl.... You know, I've got her sizes jotted down in fact, just moved into our apartment complex.  She's nine I think. Can't be much older than that if I'm wrong! Anyway, I've only just found out they lost almost everything in a fire and I want to help. Two other neighbors have chipped in and I'm getting underwear and nightgowns and I might sneak in a dress or two with shoes even. Can she bring the shoes back if they don't fit?"

"Absolutely. The dresses two, but not the intimates. You said you've jotted down her sizes?  May I see those?"

"Yes."

The woman looked over the paper talking more to herself than to Sandy but Sandy was getting the gist of her meaning

"Let's see, four foot two inches or fifty inches total so that's a size seven slash eight in a dress size, but she's got a small waist which would put her in a six to six plus for skirts.  I'd go with a girl's seven for panties. No hips to speak of. They never have at this age.  I'd say almost anything in the seven eight is going to fit dress wise and maybe a six plus for skirts and pants. That whole side of the store will fit her... there near the wall is six, seven and eight. She's going to be most likely a three in shoe size."

"Mind if I just window shop for a bit?"

"Not at all."

Sandy had pulled into the parking lot of the mall at five thirty. It was nearly closing when she pulled the sliding door of her van opened and put the packages on the carpet floor. The dress bag she hung on the cabinet hook. She was soaked and couldn't remember how many times she had climaxed. 

She remembers the first one coming when she lifted the baby doll set and found that her little man would have matching bubble panties. Another shudder swept over her with the set of Princess panties she added to his first nightgown. It went on like that for nearly an hour.

Sandy was shopping for a man that could fit into size six diapers without soakers, size seven if she padded him under ruffled panties. That morning when they woke, exhausted and sore he was still in a double diaper with a third folded down the middle. They were so exhausted she simply rubbed his baby pants and wet diapers till they both climaxed.  They dressed for work and that's when they decided to meet Friday just for the soreness to go awat.

Now her sensations were flowing back even worse as she carried her packages into her apartment. She worked for half an hour rearranging her own drawers so Ash had at least two. On the left she folded his baby doll nightgown and the other two fashioned like princess dresses. In between where a half and full slip just so they could lounge together in their girlish lingerie. That's what she and Wendi often did watching TV together when it was too early to get into bed clothes.

Sandy wasn't sure how he'd take to the training bra but she had ways of getting him past his hang-ups. She was also thinking that if he got use to panties and pads, at least for the short term then a bra might make sense for their play time. It didn't matter because whatever he did for her she'd do for him and she grinned. She folded the cute little half slip after setting it against her leg. He was so small she mused.

Such a cute little girl you'll make she whispered pulling the dress from the bag. The rustling was deafening which was why she loved taffeta. Heels clicking on stone and a taffeta dress over a slip of the same material and no one would mistake you for a boy. At the very least a sissy she decided as she fluffed the dress in her closet. She loved pinks and lavenders on her as much as she wanted them on him as she turned for the slip that went with it.

It was nearly bed time when she turned the covers down and finished her glass of wine. The vibrator was on low as she slipped between the sheets to linger there long enough to let the occasional tremblings mix with her head buzz and tingling between her legs.  She gently circled her own nip_ples till her back arched involuntarily as the image of Ash standing there next to her bed in his new dress and slip did a curtsey.


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Check List Complete

"How are you feeling?"

"Good. Really good, but missing you."

"Tell me about it. Had to go out and buy batteries for my vibrator."

"Don't remind me."

"Still wearing your little nightgown that I made you?"

"I am. Can't sleep without it."

"Seriously?"

"Seriously. First it's got your perfume on it and secondly I really do like the feel of it on. So take that for what's it worth."

"I am. So we good for tomorrow night?"

"Are you kidding? Duh."

"So am I bringing anything?"

"Like what?"

"You know, like the nightgown you made me?"

"No, I told you I was going to shop for some Wendi clothes and I did."

"What did you get?"

"Now if I told you that it wouldn't be a surprise?"

"More like shocking I'm guessing."

"Don't panic! It's a couple of things to sleep in and something to wear around the house. Oh, and a few other things that you can see when you get here.  Now let's stop talking about your Wendi Clothes and get back to that repair on the 747 short we've got.

"I've seen the work order."

"That's the one! Going to patch it so you'll be inside and I'll be outside.  Don't go in until I get the lift in place okay?"

"Got it."

"Oh, and are you in a seven and soaker like I suggested?"

"I am. I can be in that tail easily till break time. That's was a good idea."

"Told you and no one noticed."

"Doesn't look like it or if they did they're not saying.  Doesn't much matter, so I'm out of here.  I'll be inside and ready to climb when you holler. Can't wait to see my new Wendi Clothes."

"Can't wait to see you in them.  Now let's get this over with."

Ash walked to the far side of the hanger where they had nosed in the 747 short.  The repair was to a small crack coming off a rivet on the port side of the vertical stabilizer. It was four feet up and a foot in where the leading edge wrapped to join the side panels.  Ash was going to climb into the tail section just in front of the cabin pressure dome through a sealed access hatch.

Ash had placed his ladder and pulled the sound proofing free to get access to the hatch which took only a few minutes to expose.  He had the hatch off and was half standing in the narrow space when he heard Sandy tapping on the outside of the skin.

"You there?"

"All set."

"Okay, climb to where I'm going to punch through and see if you can find the crack?"

"Roger that."

Ash lifted himself into the vertical space and put a foot on a spar to lift him to the repair area.  He pulled his tools and the camera to set it up first.  It took a few minutes but he found the tiny crack.  It was a stress crack and had already been x-rayed.  They were going to drill in where it ended which would stop its growth then fill the small hole with epoxy.  Sandy would apply that epoxy.

Sandy had positioned the lift so she was close to the side.  After moving the rest of the way she pulled the gate up.  A safety switch automatically closed out the controls when the gate went up but she was as close as she would get.

"Found it. Setting up the camera now."

"Right on.  I'm going to drill the hole as soon as you're set."

"Turning it on now."

"Got it. Perfect. Good lighting and nothing in the way," Sandy noted after a moment to orientate herself to the image she was getting. The camera had a short transmitting range.  Ash had set up a signal repeater at the cabin door before walking down the long aisle to the tail section.  The repeater would transmit the signal back to Sandy's handheld.

"We're good to go."

It took forty five minutes to complete the repair and another hour for the epoxy to set. They did their paper work. The job had been specked out at eight hours for one person.  They'd done it in a combined three hours. The inspector gave the repair a thumbs up and their supervisor gave them the rest of the day off with his gratitude as the lumbering giant was pushed back and towed back to the line for flight.

Sandy and Ash walked out together and stood between their two trucks.

"So, what now," Ash asked.

"Are you kidding? My place before I hit you over the head and tie your hands behind your back."

"I'll follow you."

"Roger that."

It took an hour for them to drive the twenty minutes across town and climb the hill but they got there.  Sandy had the same smirk on her face as Ash did.  Ash was wondering what sort of things Sandy had gotten for his Wendi outfit and Sandy was trying to decide what Ash would wear first. She'd spent a fortune on her "Wendi Doll Clothes".

"I'm afraid to even walk into your place."

"That's okay, because I can carry you. In fact, that would be a nice way to start our dolly time. Carry you in, take your clothes off and transform you into my little Nurse And Wet doll.


Chapter
My Dress Me Doll
 
"I'm not sure I'm up for this."

"You'd better be or this weekend is going to be pretty rough on you. I just spent a fortune on things that will make me, and ultimately you very happy."

"You bought girl clothes and that's going to make me very happy?"

"No, you're missing the whole point! Here, try this... I bought Wendi Doll clothes and once I get you into them and looking like my Wendi Doll I'm going to make you very happy."

He laughed thinking back to their last night together. It seemed like weeks instead of days and his erec_tion was throbbing as the memories of their exploits came back to him. She'd put him into those ruffled panties and laid him within the folds of her nightgown and it really had been very erotic. 

"So I'm going to like this?"

"You're going to like this many times before the weekend ends."

"Being your Wendi doll?"

"Being my Wendi doll."

"So what am I wearing?"

"Bath first. I want my Wendi doll smelling baby fresh and as smooth as the silks and satins that she's going to be wearing!"

So he was going to be her Wendi doll he thought again as she took his hand for the bathroom. Before he could ask questions she picked up a pacifier. It was new, this one in a pink glitter and just as he was about to lodge his first half hearted complaint she pushed it against his lips and into his mouth.  He accepted it and shrugged.  So much for protesting he decided.

The rest went in coordinated efforts and clearly planned. She undressed him while neatly folding his clothes and disposing of his soiled diaper. His baby pants were folded last to rest on top of his shirt and overalls.  His shoes stuffed with his socks sat below. When he was naked she had him stand on a towel.

He knew as soon as he saw the box that he was going to lose what little body hair he had. He'd never used a depilatory cream before but he was aware of the effects as she slipped her hands into clear disposable gloves from a box already open. She looked at her watch resting on the sink then sat on the closed toilet with the tube of cream.  In ten minutes he was covered in a creamy white gel that smelled terribly.

He was about to mumble that it was getting itchy hot on his skin when she turned the shower on.  He went in under the hot spray before she unhooked the hand held set on spray.  She used a fresh wash cloth and scrubbed him clean of the gel from his neck to his feet. HIs skin was hairless and still tingling when she turned away and came back with a razor and a pink spray can of women's shaving cream.  She did his underarms with that one, then used another for his face.  The only hair left was on his head and around his genitals that she gently fluffed as she shampooed him there.

He thought he was done until she rinsed the tub and closed the drain allowing water to flow in and fill it.  Warm water was rushing in and as it did she opened a lavender and white bottle of Baby Love Bubble Bath Oil pouring a generous amount into the stream. Bubbles began forming instantly while a distinct odor of lavenders began filling the room.

"My new aftershave?"

"One of the many odors coming off your skin when I lay you on your changing pad sweetheart.  Mommy loves her dolls smelling like pretty little girls."

He was not only going to be smooth as his own baby's bottom but he was going to smell very pretty as well.  She took his hand to guide him into the rising bubbles encouraging him to sit, lay back and relax while he soaked. Ash did so running both hands over his thighs after he was leaning against the tub's back.  Very smooth he mused.

"Soak precious while I get your things ready."

Ash did just that trying desperately not to arouse himself any more than he was. Her fluffing didn't help matters but she had stopped soon enough to avoid an accident. Now all he could do was lay there and soak in his unsatisfied agony.  She had cautioned him that any hesitation on his part... for any of it, and he'd be mastur_bating at home - alone. He had snickered at her teasing because she was wiggling his pink pacifier with his warning before leaving the bathroom.

[Mary Beth Sanford]

Check List Complete 08

Chapter
Dolly Time

"Okay precious, Dolly Time," Sandy said coming in with a large white bath towel. She flipped the drain lever down and as the water gurgled out in a small spiral he stepped onto a second towel she laid by the tub. It was such a pleasure to be fused over he mused as she hand dried him from the top of his head to his toes.  She didn't fluff him again, but she did lay him on the floor for his baby powder and fresh disposable diaper.

He'd dripped a little but couldn't help it.

When he was tapped into the diaper she helped him up and walked him out. He was fully expecting to be put into some kind of feminine nightgown and assumed one would be laying on the bed, but he was wrong.  Totally wrong he realized. What Ash was looking at was nothing short of a complete outfit, clearly meant for a little girl. Everything  he realized taking it in,  and that included the shoes sitting at the foot of the dress draped over the side.

"Something for you to wear while I fix us dinner."

Ash didn't talk with the pacifier in his mouth, but he almost took it out to comment. He was just on the verge of doing that when she picked up a pair of girl's panties from a narrow box she opened.  They were full cut brief style, obviously nylon and colored in lavender.  When she opened the panties there was pretty floral swirl decorating them above a monogrammed "Friday" near the leg opening.

Before he could ask about those she pulled the tapes and peeled his diaper off.  It was obvious he was going to wear those.  She bent in front of him and held the panties open. He took a moment to step through the waist and leg opening as she held them open. He followed up with his other foot and leg. He was wondering over wearing panties because he saw the cloth diapers and ruffled diaper cover.

Although that was the least of his worries as he felt the first drop escape his pe_nis and begin spreading. He wasn't sure if she fully realized that he'd have problems wearing nylon panties. He pulled the pink sparkly pacifier from his mouth.

"I hate to be a killjoy, and I don't mind wearing the panties for you but I'm already dripping a little. I'm almost sure it's not going to stop."

"I know precious. I just wanted you to be wearing panties like a little girl but I knew what would happen. It's just that you've been so cooperative that I thought I'd reward you with a little play time before dinner. I'm going to help you soil these panties before your diapering. Now put the nip_ple back into your mouth!"

"Oh," Ash whispered as he began suc-k_ing on the nip_ple and while Sandy pulled his panties in place.  Her double bed was filled on the one side with all of his new Wendi clothes so she laid him on the other side on top of a second quilted changing pad before sitting next to him.  She laid her hand over his erec_tion but on top of the panties and slowly began to stroke him. He'd been throbbing off and on since his bath and was positive when the nylon touched the head of his pe_nis he wasn't going to last long.

"You smell like a cute little girl and look so sweet in your panties. Does my little Wendi Doll like her panties?"

Ash was glad he nursing the pacifier because all he would have been able to manage would have been a grunt of some kind, which he managed anyway with the pacifier blocking him.

"Such a pretty little thing. I can't wait to see you in your diapers and baby pants under that pretty little dress and shoes."

Ash would deny what she was saying was a turn on, but when she called him a "pretty little thing" and then said she couldn't wait to see him in his "little dress and shoes" he lost it. He fought against it, fought hard, but his efforts were laughable as he exploded into the lavender colored nylon. 

Ash arched uncontrollably pulsing explosively but briefly as if the whole of his insides were rushing to pass through that tiny little opening. He collapsed after a moment but continued jerking reflexively as her thumb circled and teased his tip under the sodden panties. She was torturing him exquisitely and all he could do was lay there crushing the nip_ple of his pacifier while trying to catch his breath.

He had soaked his panties badly.

"Oh my goodness! It looks like my pretty little Wendi Doll isn't quite ready for panties yet is she? I think she needs to be put into a diaper like a little baby."

Ash was positive that every bone in his body had turned to jelly. Ash heard every word, dreamily, eyes half closed from the pleasure. He watched her remove his panties. She picked up his diaper and he arched his back again for the double thick cotton.  She fused a bit and had him lay down over the diapers and spread his legs. She covered him with baby powder and rubbed it in still shocking him a bit when her hand moved softly over his flaccid tip and teased it a little. He was positive she'd done that on purpose and he could have kissed her for it. 

She tugged on his diapers slowly. There were two diapers counting the soaker firmly bringing the wide part between his thighs before she manipulated the excess around his testi_cles. It was the longest diapering ever as she fussed with the cloth to perfection. When she seemed satisfied she brought the sides together before pinning each closed with a lockable diaper pin. He was looking at the one she held in her mouth while pinning the first closed. He smiled over the light yellow shaped rabbet that would decorate both sides of his diaper.

He was almost hard by the time she picked up the plastic line pastel colored rumba panties. Like the dress... his dress he realized, the ruffles were in the same soft pastel yellow. She encouraged his legs up and drawn in so she could ease the panties over his feet. He felt so babyish watching her gather then glide them down his legs. He rose again slightly so she could cover his diapers with the combined baby pants and nylon panties. She even took a moment to lift his leg and ruffle the lace before she helped him stand.

She left his soiled panties rolled on top of his nearly new disposable diaper resting on the new changing pad before walking him to the other side of the bed. She sat again but made him stand there in front of her as she picked up the expansive bouffant slip he was about to go into. It was going to be like wearing two dresses he realized as she picked up the white lacy gown. Oddly she stopped short of putting him into it as she laid it across her lap. What he hadn't seen till a moment later was a young girls training bra in white that had been resting under the sip. 

"A training bra? Really?"

"Shush and put the pacifier back, and yes, a training bra. Honey you're not a real girl, just a pretend girl and that means lots of training, girl training and this is first. Now hush and hold your arms out so I can cover your cute little girlish nipples with satin."

"I don't have bre_ast."

"I know precious, that's why this one is padded behind the satin that will rub your nip_ples hard.  Now put that back in your mouth before I get the brush out and paddle your little bottom red."

Ash put the pacifier in his mouth, nursed and remained quiet as he put his arms out for the narrow satin band and straps. Two little tear drop shaped cups clearly cushioned with foam under a lining of satin went over his own bre_ast.  She didn't close it at first but moved it back and forth instead with a mischievous grin on her face.  When it did go on there was a cute little pink bow fixed at the center that he fingered after she turned him to close the bra.  She was turning him into a little sissy he thought to himself. No, that wasn't exactly accurate he decided. She had turned him into a sissy looking at his reflection in the large mirrors.

He went into the bouffant slip next and it stopped a few inches above his knee. When he moved a leg the lacy edge touched him about four inches higher than his knee cap.  He wasn't sure but he thought he counted four layers of petticoats when the slip bodice had settled over his bra. The straps were not adjustable and were edged in a cute narrow lace like the edges joining each level of the skirt making the slip blossom like a flower held upside down.

"Sissy layers for my little sissy Wendi Doll," Susan said removing the pacifier to kiss Ash on the lips before putting it back. "You smell like a little girl and now you're going to look like one honey."

"Pretty little dress sitting on his little girlish chest..." Susan sang picking up the dress from the bed. It shimmered in the bedroom light and the top layer easily slid over the layer beneath it.  It was very noisy as the layers slid over themselves.

"Taffeta skirt under a silky layer of chiffon. No boy will ever wear these fabrics, only sissies and mommy's little girl."

There was a zipper in back and a sash that hung down to the floor when she picked it up. The zipper was already down when she fussed it over his arms and head.  He cooperated slipping his arms into the bubble shaped pastel sleeves of chiffon. They puffed into crushable round balls when the dress was in place and she fussed with those as well. Tiny little baby bows decorated the elastic gently gripping his arm. 

Ash was facing away from the mirror but the dress over the slip made the whole combination extremely fluffy and poufy. Up to now he'd only protested his treatment, but he couldn't stand it any longer. This not knowing what the material of his dress felt like was driving him crazy.  When she turned him for the zipper and sash he lowered his arms into the folds of the skirt.

Ash hadn't been aware of it till now but his erec_tion had returned within his diaper and the instant his arms were in the dress and his fingers were caressing the chiffon over the taffeta material he shamefully ejacu_lated. His moan alerted Susan to what he had done.

"Oh my heavens, we're only half way and my little sissy is doing icky in his diaper already.  What a perfect Wendi Doll you make. I wasn't sure if you'd like wearing pretty dresses but clearly that's not going to be a problem for my little girly boy is it?  Never mind precious, no need to answer," She said reaching under all the layers before rubbing him a little. He jerked when the diaper move over his extremely sensitive tip. "That's what I thought."

It was way past too late to protest or even say anything and he wasn't sure he wanted to so he kept silent and nursed his sparkle pacifier.  He just blushed intense shades of crimson as he savored the sensation coming from caressing his dress.

His dress gathered snugly when the zipper closed but easily slid over the bra and slip against his chest when she twisted it over him. Every movement brought a scrunching or swishing sound as the taffeta of the dress moved. Even the sash went around him noisily as Sandy drew the tips together before fashioning a large bow.

"Oh my stars! I'm not sure I'm going to make it either! Look at you in your sissy baby bows. You are the cutest creation right now.  Come on let's get your shoes on before I ravage you."

Ash's face was on fire turning to face Sandy before she had him sit. The shoes were Mary Jane's but styled slightly older with a bit more heel as she picked up the lacy socks first. Sitting allowed him to gather his hands together and lay them into the folds of a very full dress made even fuller over the slip.  There were already too many layers to see what Sandy was doing but he didn't need to as he caressed and fondled his skirts playfully.

His shoes went on with straps the same way the little girl styles did. He was sure she was done but instead of helping him stand she slipped her hand under his dress and slips. He felt her fingers slid along the inside of his thighs to the very edge of his ruffled panties. A single finger gained access and wiggled. She fused a moment more to gain access between the parties and diapers edge and used her finger again to stroke him. With her other hand she pulled his pacifier free.

"Now my pretty little boy, does being my Wendi Doll excite you?"

"Yes," he moaned as he reached climax and ejacu_lated against his diaper.

"Oh my, now that was my bad."

"You did that on purpose."

"I did, but I'm sure we can find enough energy left to make love to mommy?"

"It might take me a little longer to reach a climax."

"That was my goal. Come on Wendi and let's go have dinner.

"Roger that".

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