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No man is free who is not master of himself.
                         - Epictetus (Greek philospher, c. 100 C.E.)

I have so many decisions to make.  It seems like I'm constantly making decisions.  Big ones.  Decisions that will affect the rest of my life.  I need a break.  I need to stop being a baby.  I need to go to California and inhale a lot of salt water to clear my mind. And my nose. Sniff.

Summer is coming.  Every night when I pull into my driveway and see the buds on the trees and hear the birds, I walk a little slower and breath a little deeper. 

I'm so excited about Wendy's baby.  Every time I think about it I experience a "minor supraventricular trachycardia" and yes, GRACE, I know what that means and I was so excited when you said that because we just discussed the difference between BRADYCARDIA vs. TRACHYCARDIA the other day in Human Bio. seeing as we are in the Circulation chapter and I knew exactly what you were talking about.  The point is: the thought of a new relative makes my heart flutter.

Wendy: Good Luck. You're going to do fine.  I don't care if you are cranky; I would be too if my feet turned into balloons filled with sand not to mention the large bubble on my abdomen.  And yes, I will always be there to sneak you large quantities of chocolate and Dollar General Brand Peanut Butter Cups when Jason isn't looking.

Has anyone heard the new The Used song "stockholm syndrome"? I was listening---wait, revise that--screaming along with it on the way home from one of my track meets last week with the windows down and the volume up.  It rocks my socks.  I don't know the words, but I don't care.

If you haven't gone outside today, then I strongly recommend it.  I went out to where our pool used to be and wrote my name in the remaining sand with my toes.  I then sat by the tree in the field, wrote a song, then made a major motion picture with Verity. Here's some of the highlights:  dragons, large rats, nunchucks, Magical rocks and dandilions, and a cameo by the unnamed neighbor cat.  Coming to a theatre near you. 

Well, I'm going to go see what I can do about my growling stomach.  Mexican Supreme Pizza Anyone?

candace.

p.s. Ben folds also rocks my world.  He and I are the same person, except that he is a man and I am not.