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<\/p>\nfirst, let me say this – THIS IS FOR YOU, SANDRA LEE! because amy told me that you go to work and look forward to reading what i\u2019ve written. amy acted like i should have already known this, but as i\u2019ve written, the only people who i know read religiously are christine and jerri. <\/p>\n
sandra is my AUNT sandra, the only aunt i have, and she\u2019s funny and wonderful and fun. why don\u2019t you come down for a visit soon, sandra lee? maybe when spring finally hits. it LOOKS like it\u2019s summertime, but i wore TWO COATS today because i was pissed off at the cold.<\/p>\n
anyway, my arm pain went away, i don\u2019t know why, but i was so happy it did that i decided to run for an hour. i didn\u2019t intend to run that long, but one foot followed the other, and suddenly an hour had passed. actually, it was that suddenly a half hour had passed, and i decided i\u2019d better turn around and go back home. i passed the bears in the zoo, who were sleepng soundly despite some annoying youths who were hanging over their enclosure, yelling down at them. how would you like it if somebody did that to you when you were trying to sleep?<\/p>\n
i then cleaned vigorously for an hour, and then gave one massage this afternoon. and for some reason, i was suddenly hit with this amazing feeling of happiness, the feeling that usually happens with the endorphin rush. i couldn\u2019t for the life of me figure out why it suddenly happened a few hours after the actual endorphins releasing (is that what endorphins do, they release? like release dolphins into the wild? or whatever type of animal it is that one releases?). all i knew was that it felt great to feel so good.<\/p>\n
perhaps this was also combined with the ongoing feeling of happiness at WINNING the triathlon. <\/p>\n
so, tonight, dad\u2019s surprise birthday dinner. i do have to say it was slightly anti-climactic. randy had hoped we\u2019d be going to paris, france. instead we went to the Chesapeake seafood house. i had a fine meal, but i\u2019m very sorry to report that dad\u2019s meal wasn\u2019t so great. i don\u2019t know of many worse things than the birthday person, especially dad, getting a bad birthday meal. <\/p>\n
somebody should always order for him in restaurants, i think. because he frequently orders the one thing that just isn\u2019t good. he ordered a monster-collosal fried seafood platter. this included fried lobster, which of course doesn\u2019t sound right at all.<\/p>\n
sad for dad.<\/p>\n
but the good thing is that we all sat at a big round table, so we could all talk to each other, instead of a long table where you can\u2019t really converse with people at the other end. we had a lovely time, despite dad\u2019s unfortunate food choice. at least there was plenty of bread, and more importantly, plenty of butter.<\/p>\n
dad has a thing about butter. sort of a butter-addiction. <\/p>\n
here\u2019s a photo i took of him and shortie tonight:<\/p>\n
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we came home and had cake and ice cream and dad opened his gifts. here\u2019s a photo of dad and shortie and the cake:<\/p>\n
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dad is inspecting a box of candy he got. note the three cans of easy cheese in the foreground. mom got him that. dad loves easy cheese as well as chocolate. i take after him in a lot of ways.<\/p>\n
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ok, one more photo for right now. this is the centerpiece on my parents\u2019 table. it\u2019s very fabulous, i think. a strange and unusual antique.<\/p>\n
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ok, this is the VERY LAST PHOTO tonight – this is my brother, david, because i don\u2019t think there are any photos of him here anywhere. he\u2019s holding a candle that randy bought dad at the lincoln museum. randy says there are all kinds of wonderful things there, and i want to go to the giftshop pronto. maybe this week.<\/p>\n
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that is all for now. all this uploading takes a while, because i have the very very slow internet connection. someday, i\u2019ll have a fast one. someday. <\/p>\n
i\u2019m going to post the flyer that i wrote and took around today, so you can read it if you can\u2019t get a flyer. i was going to do that right now, but i\u2019m too tired. tomorrow, maybe. although i\u2019m very very busy tomorrow with thousands of massages, and tomorrow night i\u2019m taking my parents to see george winston – that\u2019s the gift i got for dad. i wanted to get him something intangible, because if you know my dad, you\u2019ll know that he doesn\u2019t need ANY MORE STUFF. not one more item of anything.<\/p>\n
ok then,<\/p>\n
grace quickly slipping into a sleepy state, soon to be horizontal here in bed where i type and i love being able to type right here in bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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