View from the North 40: This is long, but surprisingly pointless

You know a word that we don’t hear very often? Giddy. And that’s a cryin’ shame.

Well, of course, giddy doesn’t mean cryin’ shame. It means happy, joyful, elated, lightheartedly silly, but it’s a cryin’ shame we don’t hear about it happening more often.

I was giddy Wednesday, and it took me hours to put a name to that feeling.

I just couldn’t stop grinning and saying things like “I just feel all, I don’t know, whoooo!” Then it struck me. “I feel giddy. I mean, like, reeeally giddy.” And it was a surprise, I’ll admit that, a total surprise.

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