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So, I just got home. And boy have I had a weird afternoon.

Coming home from the train station, I take my usual path. I am trying not to get my shoes wet because there is lots of puddles from the melted snow around. When this little boy and girl come up to me. The boy asks if I have a cell phone. I say sure and give him the phone. He calls his mother and tells her that they are lost. After talking for about a minute, the kid gives me the phone.

I start talking to the mother. She asks if I know where I am. Even though I walk this street everyday, I have no idea what it is called.I tell her that. I give a brief explanation about where we are relative to the train station. Then I stay and wait for someone to come find the kids, plus if the parent gets lost they can call me.

I am waiting and the kids start climbing this "tree", which was really more like a stick in the ground, and playing with the snow nearby. And I wait. The boy is talking to me about things and the girl shows me her pins that she has on her jacket. I try to act interested. I find out that this was their first day of school and that they seem to move around a lot, living in previously in Regina and Winnipeg.

At some point, the kids start a snowball fight with each other. Which results in the girl getting somewhat hurt. She gets kind of angry and starts to hit her brother. The brother just dodges or swats away the punch. It was almost like play fighting.

After about a half an hour, the mother calls me again. By this time, I got one of the kids to read what street we were on. I tell her that. And fifteen minute later a guy shows up and the kids run toward him. I assume he is the father or step-father as the kids called him by name and the mother called him hubby. I give him a salute and he thanks me. I then continue on my way home.

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As per my last couple of posts, I have been keeping track of the number of hugs I have given/received this year. I thought it would be interesting to write them all down. I will add the sex, age, date, approx. time, and relative location. I will also add some weird facts about the hug. So here we go from the top:

Hug 1: Jan 1, slightly after midnight: Male, 21.

I hugged the intern on my team. He was hosting the new years party I was at.

Hug 2: Jan 1, slightly after hug #1: Male, 30

I hugged a technical writing from my work. He was at the new years party too.

Hug 3: Jan 1, 2AM-ish: Female, 27

I hugged the girl intern from my work. She was at the new years party as well.

Hug 4: Jan 1, 2AM-ish right after Hug 3: Female, 25

I hugged the friend of the girl intern from my work. She was also at the new years party.

Hug 5: Jan 4, 10AM-ish: Female, age withheld

I hugged my mom. I was picking up a pancake griddle to make pancakes the following monday at work.

Hug 6: Jan 10, Midnight-ish: Female, 30-ish.

I gave a hug to a local DJ. She was had a gathering and I was only one who showed up. I gave the hug before I left.

Hug 7: Jan 16, 8PM-ish: Male, late 20s

I hugged a co-worker. We were at a bar have after work drinks, okay I wasn't drinking, but everyone else was. As the co-worker was leaving, I just gave him a hug when he put his arm around me.

Hug 8: Jan 23, 7PM-ish: Male, late 20s

The co-worker from hug 7 hugged me. We were cleaning up the kitchen at work after spending some time having drinks for Chinese new year. He came by and just gave me a bear hug.

Hug 9: Jan 23, 7PM-ish: Female, 26-27

The executive assistant from work. She just had a fight with the new snotty intern and a good work friend. She was upset and wanted to go home. I gave her a hug because I thought she needed it. It was a hard week for us all.

Hug 10: Jan 24, 6:02PM: Female, early 30s

I hugged the hostess of a friends b-day party. Simple hug, that I usually get from her when we see each other.

Hug 11: Jan 24, 6:30-ish: Female, 27

I got a hug from the b-day girl when she arrived at her b-day party. I sure have been the one giving the hugs, but I like to make her work for it.

Hug 12: Jan 24, 9 PM-ish: Male, late 20s

I gave a hug to Sven. His name isn't really Sven, I just call him that. And it turned into a group hug with another guy giving it to him from behind... in a dry humping style.

Hug 13: Jan 25, 1AM-ish: Male, late 20s

I gave a hug to the bf of the b-day girl.

Hug 14: Jan 25, 1AM-ish slightly after Hug 13: Female, early 30s

I got a good-bye hug from the hostess girl. The usually good-bye hug.

Hug 15: Jan 25, 1AM-ish slightly after Hug 14: Male, 27 (28)

I forced a hug onto the bf of Hug 14. I asked if anyone else wanted a hug and Hug 14 said that her bf wanted one. So I chased him into a corner of the kitchen slowly and he moved slowly away. I got him though. Haha.

Hug 16: Jan 25, 1AM-ish slightly after Hug 15: Female, 27

I gave another hug to the b-day girl.

Hug 17: Feb 1, 8PM-ish slightly after the Superbowl XLIII: Female, age withheld

I got another good-bye hug from my mommy.

Total count for Jan: 16
Total count: 17
Projected count: 192

EDIT: I realized I screwed up on a hug. The previous number 5 didn't happen. The new hug 5 was hug 6. I remember where hug 7 came from.