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I remember one time at work I was at my desk watching a movie; "Man, I said, this thing really sucks, boring as hell." Then I got quickly reminded that it was a Zoom meeting. But it reminds of this week which has been just as boring. How's your weather Miss C? Just watching it rain here, day after day. It's like watching paint dry, except it's wet and it doesn't dry. Probably because it's also too cold. So I just microwaved a cup of this morning's coffee which also sucks because if I add cream and sugar it makes this muddy looking mess that looks exactly like my front lawn and probably tastes the same. -sigh- Will Spring come before it's over? It's like the dream I had last night where I'm walking in a dense fog and a horn blows in the distance but I don't live near the coast and even if I did there are no ocean liners here so what's up with that? How may steps did I walk? 39 I think? Maybe I need to watch a Hitchcock movie? Geez, is it Friday yet? Hah! It is!
Happy Friday Miss C!
I don't know what the weather was like here, because I just got back from a family vacation at the beach! And y'all didn't even notice. The water was too cold to swim, but we had a great time, and it was my grandchildren's first beach outing. They loved it!
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