Welcome to another bonus episode of Sleep Whispers, an extra treat from myself,

plus members.

This is bonus episode number 118, and it's another backyard ramble session.

And yes, I'm once again sitting inside my gazebo tent on a cool summer night.

It's about 50 something degrees Fahrenheit.

So I had to put on some sweat pants and a sweatshirt.

But other than that, it's pretty much a perfect night out of here.

Tonight, I'll be rambling about a really deep topic that is going to change your life?

No, probably not. I'm going to ramble about ice cream. Yeah, ice cream.

So, no, this won't be profound, educational, or even insightful.

It's just me rambling about ice cream.

Let's imagine that this is a camping trip, kind of like a slumber party outside.

We can't fall asleep. So instead we're just sharing some quirky stories about ourselves.

And somehow we stumbled on the topic of ice cream,

such as lie back, stare at the stars, and listen to me ramble on about ice cream.

I'll begin with my story. Listen to me ramble on about ice cream.

I'll begin with my strongest childhood memories about ice cream, and they involve a restaurant chain

called Friendlies.

This chain of restaurants may have only been on the East Coast of the United States.

I think they went bankrupt, but you can still find their ice cream, I believe, in some supermarkets.

They sell them in like a red half-gallon box with the word friendlies written in cursive.

When this was a restaurant chain, my mother would take me for lunch, and I almost always

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