A New Day (Munchkin's Thread) Part 4
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Back on the diet again, todays breakfast: oatmeal that I like to flavor with cloves, cinnamon, a bit of mexican chile & chocolate (gives it a nice peppery KICK) and the tiniest bit of butter and sugar. (diet doesn't call for the butter OR the sugar but I will not eat oatmeal without some form of sweetness) Oh and a hardboiled egg. Got me a cuppa of Gen Mai cha which is one of my favorite teas because it tastes good when its cold too.
I can't stand to drink a cup of tea that has gone cold and the tea turns bitter.
You know what I realized recently? I'm no longer really "tracking" my days sober anymore.
I know I'll always remember December 14th 2011, and every December I'll celebrate myself and sobriety but I don't really take notice of the months or weeks anymore.
Funny.
Still here, still sober.
I can't stand to drink a cup of tea that has gone cold and the tea turns bitter.
You know what I realized recently? I'm no longer really "tracking" my days sober anymore.
I know I'll always remember December 14th 2011, and every December I'll celebrate myself and sobriety but I don't really take notice of the months or weeks anymore.
Funny.
Still here, still sober.
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I don't track sobriety anymore either. I recently had to think about how long it had been. I feel so good these day, so much more productive. When I was newly sober, I was restless and almost didn't know how to fill up the hours in a day....now I can think of so many things to do....or not do - LOL!
Munch, kitty is cute....but DS is adorable....those eyes and long lashes
TOD, I belong to two pond forums. Koi are less hard than gold fish for some reason. Fish don't eat once the water temps are 50 or below, so they're in torpor a pretty long time. I run an aerator and a de icer, so hopefully all will be fine.
Busy day at rescue tomorrow. Mr. P and I took a long walk today....my legs are actually sore tonight.
Munch, kitty is cute....but DS is adorable....those eyes and long lashes
TOD, I belong to two pond forums. Koi are less hard than gold fish for some reason. Fish don't eat once the water temps are 50 or below, so they're in torpor a pretty long time. I run an aerator and a de icer, so hopefully all will be fine.
Busy day at rescue tomorrow. Mr. P and I took a long walk today....my legs are actually sore tonight.
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Pond: Ah HA!!! I figured you were already a member of a "POND" community! LOL How many times have you wanted to pick them up and just hug them? With all the dogs you have? Do any of them end up in your pond?
Munch: I forgot to say how adorable you're son is! No wonder he has a GF already! LOL I'd love to have his long dark eyelashes too. Mine are long, just blonde. I had a gal in one of my Army schools that accused me of wearing fake eyelashes because they were so long. LOL So I told her to come with me to the bathroom mirror. When I removed my mascara and turned sideways so she could see my long blonde eyelashes? She was astounded. Thankfully my daughter's eyelashes turned darker the older she got. She doesn't wear any makeup.
So how's the kitty toenail clipping working out for ya? I'd be researching the dickens out of that problem. What to put on those sharp nails! LOL
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Munch: I forgot to say how adorable you're son is!
No wonder he has a GF already! LOL I'd love to have his long dark eyelashes too. Mine are long, just blonde. I had a gal in one of my Army schools that accused me of wearing fake eyelashes because they were so long. LOL So I told her to come with me to the bathroom mirror. When I removed my mascara and turned sideways so she could see my long blonde eyelashes? She was astounded. Thankfully my daughter's eyelashes turned darker the older she got. She doesn't wear any makeup.So how's the kitty toenail clipping working out for ya? I'd be researching the dickens out of that problem. What to put on those sharp nails! LOL
TOD
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Cod Liver Oil Gel Caps BABY!! That's the solution I use to keep the bad bug away! And considering you work around children all day? I'd be taking a triple dose of it! LOL Those are little germ carriers that have the germs actually crawling along their clothes with tentacles reaching out to snag the next person that hugs them or walks close enough to brush up against them. 
I know I'm bad!
It just reminds me of this one time when I was walking thru the woods and saw this skinny tree just starting to grow. At the top of it was a couple of leaves. On one of the leaves was 10,000 ticks!
All with their legs in the air waiting for something to brush by to launch themselves onto for a meal. Makes me shiver now just thinking about it. I learned real quick, when I was walking thru the woods and got seed ticks on my legs? I'd grab a handful of dirt and brush them off with it.
During one of my units training events out in the woods? They had a makeshift shower set up in the woods. I'd shower and then take my bottle of Skin So Soft and oil myself up, then dry off. The rest of them would be getting eaten alive by ticks and chiggers. I wouldn't have one single bite on myself. I even loaned my SSS to my poor Warrant Officer to use around his ankles. They were beat red from all the chiggers making a meal out of him. He said it smelled too good and he'd be covered in more bugs. I told him to TRUST me! The next day at supper. He told me the SSS worked like a charm! No new bug bites. I just smiled!
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I know I'm bad! It just reminds me of this one time when I was walking thru the woods and saw this skinny tree just starting to grow. At the top of it was a couple of leaves. On one of the leaves was 10,000 ticks!
All with their legs in the air waiting for something to brush by to launch themselves onto for a meal. Makes me shiver now just thinking about it. I learned real quick, when I was walking thru the woods and got seed ticks on my legs? I'd grab a handful of dirt and brush them off with it.During one of my units training events out in the woods? They had a makeshift shower set up in the woods. I'd shower and then take my bottle of Skin So Soft and oil myself up, then dry off. The rest of them would be getting eaten alive by ticks and chiggers. I wouldn't have one single bite on myself.
I even loaned my SSS to my poor Warrant Officer to use around his ankles. They were beat red from all the chiggers making a meal out of him. He said it smelled too good and he'd be covered in more bugs. I told him to TRUST me! The next day at supper. He told me the SSS worked like a charm! No new bug bites. I just smiled!TOD
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Busy day at work. Catch up catch up. On top of that, gotta apply for our PFD (alaska pipeline dividend. Usually is anywhere between $700 to $1000 per family member). We didn't get it last year but we did get it in 2012.
So gotta get that done.
Pond, I'm so thankful that as of late (knock on wood) I haven't gotten sick. DS got a really small cold a while back but I don't think I ever really caught it.
However that all said, my allergies are killing me lately.
Reason?
I'm not doing my allergy shots anymore and I've stopped taking my allegra. AND I think the allergens are still around the house here and there. Each time we "uncover" a new area, clean out an air cleaner, move things around, well I think I stir up old stuff that inadvertantly came with us from MD.
Today I took a sudefed in hopes that it will alleviate some of the residual stuffiness.
So I laid out the deal with DH. Since I am the one who does the finances I'm the one who knows where we stand. Come mid March when we lose DH's active duty paycheck we will be short from that moment on about $450 for bills. Not counting food in that.
Yes, DH has been "searching" for jobs but he has been reluctant to actually contact his "contacts" here to ask them for help. He says he doesn't want to look like he's begging.
GGGRRRRRR. So please, if you guys like to pray or think good thoughts, think or pray that DH finally comes upon a job.
I told him all we need is for him to even get a job that pays minimum wage! Between that and then his GI bill (possibly) and his VA disability (which is still months away) we might be able to make it work. MIGHT.
God forbid something happens to me and I'm not able to work.
Definitely feeling the pressure.
Well off that. I got work to be done. Checking account to balance and what not. Still here, still sober. And SOOOO grateful I am no longer drinking. There would be no way I could afford it now.
So gotta get that done.
Pond, I'm so thankful that as of late (knock on wood) I haven't gotten sick. DS got a really small cold a while back but I don't think I ever really caught it.
However that all said, my allergies are killing me lately.
Reason?
I'm not doing my allergy shots anymore and I've stopped taking my allegra. AND I think the allergens are still around the house here and there. Each time we "uncover" a new area, clean out an air cleaner, move things around, well I think I stir up old stuff that inadvertantly came with us from MD.
Today I took a sudefed in hopes that it will alleviate some of the residual stuffiness.
So I laid out the deal with DH. Since I am the one who does the finances I'm the one who knows where we stand. Come mid March when we lose DH's active duty paycheck we will be short from that moment on about $450 for bills. Not counting food in that.
Yes, DH has been "searching" for jobs but he has been reluctant to actually contact his "contacts" here to ask them for help. He says he doesn't want to look like he's begging.
GGGRRRRRR. So please, if you guys like to pray or think good thoughts, think or pray that DH finally comes upon a job.
I told him all we need is for him to even get a job that pays minimum wage! Between that and then his GI bill (possibly) and his VA disability (which is still months away) we might be able to make it work. MIGHT.
God forbid something happens to me and I'm not able to work.
Definitely feeling the pressure.
Well off that. I got work to be done. Checking account to balance and what not. Still here, still sober. And SOOOO grateful I am no longer drinking. There would be no way I could afford it now.
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Went to the gym tonight. Ooohh la la, it was so nice. Cardio for about 20 minutes, steam room, took a shower. Then, of course took the BRISK walk in -25 to my frozen jeep. Wonderful. Love it. 
DH really needs to practice patience with our son btw with his homework. He yells for like no reason. (shaking my head)
Well, we're all "fantasizing" that if dh gets a job, and a good paying one here in the future that we'll go on vacation to Hawaii.
(that's a popular destination for people who live here)
Don't know if that will ever happen but its fun to dream.
Been motivation for me to lose just a bit more. Very much in my size 8 slacks now and uhhh, unfortunately my chest has SHRUNK! My old VS bras no longer fit, they're all too big. (except for the newer ones which dh got that are a cup size smaller)
DH got a call today from a smaller airline here (bush airlines are big business here!) about a possible job.
Hoping it turns out to something good. My God I hope so!
Still here, still sober and feeling AWESOME!
DH really needs to practice patience with our son btw with his homework. He yells for like no reason. (shaking my head)
Well, we're all "fantasizing" that if dh gets a job, and a good paying one here in the future that we'll go on vacation to Hawaii.
(that's a popular destination for people who live here)Don't know if that will ever happen but its fun to dream.
Been motivation for me to lose just a bit more. Very much in my size 8 slacks now and uhhh, unfortunately my chest has SHRUNK! My old VS bras no longer fit, they're all too big. (except for the newer ones which dh got that are a cup size smaller)
DH got a call today from a smaller airline here (bush airlines are big business here!) about a possible job.
Hoping it turns out to something good. My God I hope so!
Still here, still sober and feeling AWESOME!
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So good to hear you so happy these days!!!
I miss where I used to do water aerobics and sit in the sauna.....might need to look into it again. Walked both yesterday and today and yoga class last night
Happy Valentines Day !!!
I miss where I used to do water aerobics and sit in the sauna.....might need to look into it again. Walked both yesterday and today and yoga class last night
Happy Valentines Day !!!
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Happy Valentines Day!
Well I'm feeling pretty good. Got dressed today and realized I'm on the next hole in on my belt! That's pretty good. The scale hasn't dropped in weight but it has in % body fat so that's good I guess.
DH got a call now from a retirement home as a monitor there. He has an interview on Tuesday. At least it'll get him out of the house.
You know, I am seeing something now that is making me and even more oddly enough, my dh very very grateful that I'm sober.
It is looking more and more apparent that my coworker is having problems and some of that looks awfully like addiction. Hhhmm.
Yesterday she came in super late and then 15 mins later her Dad came in and said he was there to pick her up. She then IM'd the two of us and said "she wasn't with it so she's going home"
Weird. So many of the things she does looks so much like addiction. DH & I were talking about it A LOT last night and at one point dh hugged me and said "I'm so glad you're sober babe"
That meant a lot to me.
Well have a lot to catch up on. Alaska Marine Highway res to invoice, tickets to issue, Fairbanks neighborhood housing management office to call (our heater is broken again, this time it's burning us out of the house), coupons to clip, grocery list to make for tomorrow. Yada yada yada.
Still here, still sober and so grateful when I see the image in the mirror looks like a slightly middle aged woman with clear skin, who is lean, muscular, who does not look hungover, and has clear eyes (even though that person in the mirror is really tired today thanks to my DS who has a cold)
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Sorry about your co - worker...it does sound like it could be addiction
Maybe you'll be a positive role model to her and let her know there is a better life after we get sober
It's good to take a good look at ourselves........I like seeing my clear eyes too A friend commented today on how sharp my memory is for details. I like not having to worry about forgetting stuff and repeating things, my favorite part of sobriety is mental acuity.
Maybe you'll be a positive role model to her and let her know there is a better life after we get soberIt's good to take a good look at ourselves........I like seeing my clear eyes too
A friend commented today on how sharp my memory is for details. I like not having to worry about forgetting stuff and repeating things, my favorite part of sobriety is mental acuity.
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REALLY GOOD NEWS!!! DH just got a call from a local cargo and bush carrier here. They want to interview him in person on Thursday! The HR rep advised him that he'd be working for a Retired Colonel, they asked him numerous other stuff that I took as a really great sign that they're super interested in him! YIPPEE!!!! This would be definitely not a bad paycheck (probably about 10K above me) and would get him experience and contacts in this area. Very awesome! DH is having a beer to celebrate, I'm having a soda pop. Oh and I snacked on some gorgonzola cheese too. LOL I like snacking on zestier cheeses now a days as I don't need to eat as much of it to get my fill, ya know?
Oh and get this! The company he might be getting a job for even includes a rather unique benie. An alaska club membership which is the civilian gym here which is about a 5 minute drive from our house (and is SUPER nice! I used to work out there right before we left here last time!)
Good stuff guys, really good stuff! Keep your fingers crossed and prayers said for us this upcoming week! We're really hoping he aces this interview!
Oh and get this! The company he might be getting a job for even includes a rather unique benie. An alaska club membership which is the civilian gym here which is about a 5 minute drive from our house (and is SUPER nice! I used to work out there right before we left here last time!)
Good stuff guys, really good stuff! Keep your fingers crossed and prayers said for us this upcoming week! We're really hoping he aces this interview!
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YAY Munchkin on DH getting a few interviews ahead of him! I know this is a much needed stress reliever! What was his MOS in the Army? I'm sending up prayers for him to get hired at one of them. Preferrably the one he wants! 
Sounds like the exercises are paying off for ya? Our days are warming up around here. That means I'll be more active now. Mom said she had some things to plant and trimming to do. I have a whole bucket of bulbs Jethro dug up next door that I need to get in the ground too. They better be plants that can live w/o pampering! LOL I'm not a plant person.Sorry about DS being sick. That's never a good thing to deal with. Kids just don't understand why they are feeling so crummy!
As for your coworker? We recovering folks can see the signs of others going thru addiction. We know what the other side is like and want others to jump on board. We can only suggest though. When the other person is ready? Then hopefully she'll come to you and ask you how you did it. Or go to some other means for help.
I'm not a big cheese eater. Especially when it comes to just snacking on it. LOL I snack on all sorts of stuff. But not a lot at once. I even like carrot sticks dipped in Ranch Dressing for a snack. I'll grab that especially when I'm running full tilt to get things done. Eating on the run all the time around here.
If y'all haven't seen them yet? I posted pictures on the New Animal Planet Thread!
TOD
And just because I want you to dance and be happy for all the good things going on in your life right now? Here's a tune for ya to do it to!
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I think when we are younger, have kids to keep us on the move and a job to boot? We stay busier and have the drive to dig deeper to keep going. LOL
I know when my grand kids are here, it's a busy busy time. I'm always happy to see the tail lights driving down the driveway! LOL I just found my two plastic spoons I've lost. The kids were playing with them and they were dropped behind the couch. Ah HA! Found at last! I've been missing them. And I also found a couple pieces of large Lego's underneath the cedar stand I have in the dining room. This would be my two younger step children I'm talking about here.
My daughter thinks her son has ADHD. Never has a lack of energy. I told her she could share some of it with me. She said; "No sh!t! She could use some of it too." LOL A neighbor of ours is also going nonstop. He came over here a few summers ago to help us clean up around the yard. He would finish one area so quickly, then be standing in front of me asking what's next, it boggled me. He's a big time hunter. So I paid him for his work with some of my camouflage uniforms that were of the smaller sizes. He was in HEAVEN! LOL I gave him extra T-shirts too. The four of them in the family were all wearing them when they came down the next day. It was funny. Wearing the damned things for as many days I had. I guess it's amazing to see just how coveted these things are to others. So it made me smile to know how happy I made this family that really doesn't have anything. I'm glad too they liked them, because it would all have ended up in a duffel bag stored away. Speaking of duffel bags? When Jethro helped mom clean dad's barn out. He found dad's ancient old duffel bag from when he was in the Navy. Those things last forever!!
Herbalife has a tablet called "Snack Defense". It works wonderfully for controling a person's appetite. It's time I ordered some more! I can take it day or night. It doesn't have any sort of stimulate in it. And works well for staving off the munchies.
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I know when my grand kids are here, it's a busy busy time. I'm always happy to see the tail lights driving down the driveway! LOL I just found my two plastic spoons I've lost. The kids were playing with them and they were dropped behind the couch. Ah HA! Found at last! I've been missing them. And I also found a couple pieces of large Lego's underneath the cedar stand I have in the dining room. This would be my two younger step children I'm talking about here.
My daughter thinks her son has ADHD. Never has a lack of energy. I told her she could share some of it with me. She said; "No sh!t! She could use some of it too." LOL A neighbor of ours is also going nonstop. He came over here a few summers ago to help us clean up around the yard. He would finish one area so quickly, then be standing in front of me asking what's next, it boggled me. He's a big time hunter. So I paid him for his work with some of my camouflage uniforms that were of the smaller sizes. He was in HEAVEN! LOL I gave him extra T-shirts too. The four of them in the family were all wearing them when they came down the next day. It was funny. Wearing the damned things for as many days I had. I guess it's amazing to see just how coveted these things are to others. So it made me smile to know how happy I made this family that really doesn't have anything. I'm glad too they liked them, because it would all have ended up in a duffel bag stored away. Speaking of duffel bags? When Jethro helped mom clean dad's barn out. He found dad's ancient old duffel bag from when he was in the Navy.
Those things last forever!!Herbalife has a tablet called "Snack Defense". It works wonderfully for controling a person's appetite. It's time I ordered some more! I can take it day or night. It doesn't have any sort of stimulate in it. And works well for staving off the munchies.
TOD
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Oops! Didn't even realize you guys had posted back. For some reason it seems as if we are busier here now a days even though I don't think we're doing quite as much. Hhhmm, odd.
Well DH has a job interview today. Actually he doesn't know if it is a job interview or he's actually getting a walk through today. He was kind of wishy washy with what he told me about it but they negotiated salary and what not recently on the phone which I told him was unusual.
So, still fighting a bad headache today. Its not as bad as yesterday, probably because today I am at work, only have me and my coworker to contend with. And the walk in customer here and there. They're no biggie though.
Feeling bloated like crazy today. YUCK.
TOD, DH was a 54B Chemical operations specialist so HAZMAT is typically his thing. Sooo hoping he gets this.
Okay, keep trying to type and keep getting interrupted. I give up.
I'm still here, still sober. Still have a headache but I'm good. Cause I'm sober.
Well DH has a job interview today. Actually he doesn't know if it is a job interview or he's actually getting a walk through today. He was kind of wishy washy with what he told me about it but they negotiated salary and what not recently on the phone which I told him was unusual.
So, still fighting a bad headache today. Its not as bad as yesterday, probably because today I am at work, only have me and my coworker to contend with. And the walk in customer here and there. They're no biggie though.
Feeling bloated like crazy today. YUCK.
TOD, DH was a 54B Chemical operations specialist so HAZMAT is typically his thing. Sooo hoping he gets this.
Okay, keep trying to type and keep getting interrupted. I give up.
I'm still here, still sober. Still have a headache but I'm good. Cause I'm sober.
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Headache a bit better, gotta be quick. Been super busy this afternoon, lots of emergency leave. Those are super hard to do but amazingly, I managed to get one soldier under his auth amount of 1075. WOW!
DH had the (what we thought) retirement home job interview. Turns out its a halfway house for criminals!
He told them though that he has a job interview on Thursday for a cargo airline company and could they hold the job, possibly. They advised yup, no problem. So thankfully if he doesn't get the airline job then at least he has something else on the side.
Hhhmm, thinking I need myself more chocolate. Yup. Gotta have some chocolate.
and I think I need a hug.
My brain is fried. LOL
DH had the (what we thought) retirement home job interview. Turns out its a halfway house for criminals!
He told them though that he has a job interview on Thursday for a cargo airline company and could they hold the job, possibly. They advised yup, no problem. So thankfully if he doesn't get the airline job then at least he has something else on the side.
Hhhmm, thinking I need myself more chocolate. Yup. Gotta have some chocolate.
and I think I need a hug.
My brain is fried. LOL
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Ever have that kind of day when you're just like "
"
Well that is me here at work today. I'm just kind of "blah"
Not in the mood to work with the soldier in front of me, not in the mood to deal with the customer on the phone.
Bad attitude I know, but there it is.
Every customer just seems like an "issue" today. Blah blah blah.
lol
Well DH thought he had an interview today, he thought his interview, originally scheduled for tomorrow had been pushed to today. Got all the way there to find out, OOPS. His interview has been rescheduled to NEXT WEEK Wednesday. LOL
So I advised him to walk on in, talk to people there, introduce himself. Can't hurt!
Got notification that our shelf that will be installed on the top of the ceiling in the garage arrived (YAY!) so this weekend I will be playing Handy Manny and installing that with dh.
Plus this upcoming weekend I have a fridge to pull away from the wall and see if the back is dirty. Trying to cut our electricity bill. Last month was 219 which is better than the month before ($299) but I still want to see it a bit lower. Electricity cost here is super expensive at .21 per kWH. Goal is to use about 600 kwh per month (last month was 985)
Have tons of writing to do. People talking to me and asking questions and I figure itd be best to write it on my blog. Plus it would help boost readership which amazingly hasn't gone down too too much recently.
Believe it or not, I'm still earning little bits here and there!
Well almost time to leave here. Gotta help DS with his science project.
Still here, still sober. Oh and I guess today is 2 yrs 2 months? I don't care. Just glad I'm sober.
"Well that is me here at work today. I'm just kind of "blah"
Not in the mood to work with the soldier in front of me, not in the mood to deal with the customer on the phone.
Bad attitude I know, but there it is.
Every customer just seems like an "issue" today. Blah blah blah.
lol
Well DH thought he had an interview today, he thought his interview, originally scheduled for tomorrow had been pushed to today. Got all the way there to find out, OOPS. His interview has been rescheduled to NEXT WEEK Wednesday. LOL
So I advised him to walk on in, talk to people there, introduce himself. Can't hurt!
Got notification that our shelf that will be installed on the top of the ceiling in the garage arrived (YAY!) so this weekend I will be playing Handy Manny and installing that with dh.
Plus this upcoming weekend I have a fridge to pull away from the wall and see if the back is dirty. Trying to cut our electricity bill. Last month was 219 which is better than the month before ($299) but I still want to see it a bit lower. Electricity cost here is super expensive at .21 per kWH. Goal is to use about 600 kwh per month (last month was 985)
Have tons of writing to do. People talking to me and asking questions and I figure itd be best to write it on my blog. Plus it would help boost readership which amazingly hasn't gone down too too much recently.
Believe it or not, I'm still earning little bits here and there!
Well almost time to leave here. Gotta help DS with his science project.
Still here, still sober. Oh and I guess today is 2 yrs 2 months? I don't care. Just glad I'm sober.
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