again. you made me believe it was worth it. i forgave you. the opportunity to make it right. then you took it away. again. so cruel. so heartbreaking. so unnecessary. breathing heavily again. a mess. again. no reasons given. again. only [...]
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a thousand times i’ve seen you standing * gravity like lunar landing * you make me wanna run till i find you * i shut the world away from here * i drift to you, you’re all i hear * as everything we know fades to black
half the time the world is ending * truth [...]
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i took silly monkey for on a walk yesterday. he strolled in the stroller while i pushed him up and down hills for 2.5 miles through rough terrain of dirt, gravel, rocks and bugs (lots & lots of bugs). he was fabulous. i was tired…
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You’re trapped in a well with a goat and a slinky. Describe how you will escape.
first, i tell the goat that i have magical powers of persuasion. the goat totally does not believe me and starts making weird noises, thus proving that goats are incapable of listening and not interrupting. when someone walks by & hears [...]
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it’s no secret. i like gymnastics. ok, so i LOVE it! something about little itty bitty girls flipping about as if to defy gravity just captivates me. so, naturally, i’ve been watching the gymnastics olympic finals, etc – when i can catch it. more so, i’ve been checking it out online since they play it [...]
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where i stood
missy higgins
i don’t know what i’ve done
or if i like what i’ve begun
but something told me to run
and honey you know me it’s all or none
there were sounds in my head
little voices whispering
that i should go and this should end
oh and i found myself listening
‘cos i dont know [...]
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incoming call #1
hello?
hi danyelle, are you home?
no, not yet. why?
there’s a fire in the community.
what?
it looks like it is coming from the back corner.
seriously?
by your place.
omg. i’ll call you back.
outgoing call #1
michelle, it’s d. is my house on fire?
um. no.
are you sure? do you see anything?
[goes outside] no. no fire. oh, wait, i hear sirens.
but [...]
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once, for family portraits, we all dressed in ohio state buckeye gear (go bucks!!!). it was a cute thought and m’s idea and since he really never cared about much, i figured if he requested matching outfits for photos, he must’ve really wanted to look purposely dorky related. so, i obliged, and we all went [...]
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there should be a class on potty training. not for parents. for kids. and it should take 8 hours and at the end of the 8 hours, the kid should be 100% potty trained. there should be a refund if it doesn’t work. similar to training for dogs b/c let’s face it, kids are kinda [...]
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we’re working on colors. silly monkey has his numbers down pretty well (other than skipping 1 and saying 2 and/or 4 a couple of extra times, but seriously, who’s counting… wait, what?), so we’ve moved on to brighter things. our typical conversation…
d: silly monkey, what color is this?
c: green
d: no, not green. what color is this?
c: [...]
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