Missing Grandma and Gunker

I had to present at a conference in DC last weekend and since Ben had never been there and Grandma and Gunker had planned to come up and visit Dexter this fall, we timed it so that they looked after Dexter and My Bologna while we were away from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon. I was worried that Dexter would miss us but it turns out he never once asked for us or about us. On the other hand, when Ben and I got him out of bed yesterday morning, the first words out of his mouth were, "Where is Grandma and Gunker?" He was not happy to realize that Grandma and Gunker really were driving that big red truck back to Mississippi without him.