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The FEBO* Trip

(F*** Everything Bug-Out)

Margaret Franklin


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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Beep... beep....beep...went the instant teller machine as I started to walk away from it. Oh no!Don't tell me I've forgotten something. I muttered.

Do you need more time?the words flickered on the screen. I pushed the No utton and retrievedmy card which I otherwise would have forgotten. "ear with me there's een a death in the family. I

said to the man waiting ehind me as I fumled with getting my card ack into my wallet. I'd forget myhead if it wasn't attached.

#he instant teller proaly wasn't the only thing to have made a slow eeping sound that morning.

I was feeling hungry ut I didn't want to stop. I did what I had to$ walked all the way downtown tookmoney out of the ank and %ust turned around and went home listening to &"& radio the whole waythere and ack.

It was a program aout lawyers and mental health. Did you know that of all professions lawyers havethe fourth highest suicide rate. ainly ecause they're supposed to e stoic and not show any emotioneven though they are constantly e(posed to highly emotional situations.

I had my money and that was that. I'd taken out )*+, and only had )*- left in my account. t least Irememered that I still had %ust over )*,, left of my merican money left over from my last carouselconvention.

/ittle did I know the night efore that the day after this one I'd e taking off on an emergency Niagaratrip and definitely not under the most pleasant circumstances.

I was still sound asleep the first time 0anette had phoned and Dave wasn't home to answer ecausehe was at his leg appointment.

I forgot who phoned who when I finally got in touch with 0anette. 1verything %ust felt surreal. 2er dad

had %ust passed away at 345, that morning. 6he and her rother ichael oth left the workplacetogether and stopped in %a( to pick up his wife argaret. #hey had to go to illrook to makearrangements at the funeral home.

0anette proposed the idea of us taking off for Niagara tomorrow. 2er rother would drop her off at myplace and we'd spend the night here.

It was a strange day. I rought my suitcase out of the garage ut hadn't packed it yet. I had no ideahow long we were going for or what to ring. I spent most of the day working on my emroidery while Ilistened to "oy 7eorge and then watched a couple episodes of Ugly Betty.

I put a 6t. 2uert's chicken pie in the oven when 0anette phoned to let me know when she was

arriving. I figured if she was still hungry when she got here I could always heat up the rest.

6he arrived shortly after 84,,. "oth of use have een feeling strange like everything has een going inslow motion.

9e made our hotel reservations shortly after she arrived. 9e looked up the &lifton 2ill &omfort Inn onthe computer I made the phone call and she handed me her credit card. 0ust as I was aout to givethe receptionist the numer the damned smoke detector started lipping so I had to drop everythingand gra the room to un:eep it. 9hen I sat ack down we had a moment of panic ecause as aresult of this distraction I misplaced the credit card. &an I call you ack;


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6ure enough the moment I hung up the phone I found the card right ne(t to my mouse! 6o I hit redialto compete the transaction.

/ater that evening 0anette was on the phone with her friend &athy and her cell phone started to eepecause it was losing attery power. 6he fumled frantically for the recharger and erupted into theworst meltdown I've ever actually seen her have in person violently flailing from side to side as shespilled everything out of her ag onto the floor. 6he finally did find her recharger in another ag in the

edroom so she could plug it in and continue her conversation in the athroom ut oth Dave and Iwere really scared. I was terrified that we might have to cancel our trip and ook her into the hospital.9hen she'd een having her meltdown we were scared she was going to totally lose control and trashthe place.

9hile she was on the phone in the athroom I managed to pick up everything that had een thrown onthe floor. Including ama pple. It would have een the end of the world if 0anette's favorite i


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8:41 pm7ordon "ennet!! It feels so much later than it is!

9e arrived at the hotel at around +4,, and %ust flopped down on our eds for a %olly good rest. It haseen so nice and peaceful in this room and these eds are so comfortale. It was %ust so nice to vegout for awhile and en%oy the peace and Cuiet for the ne(t hour so glad we finally made it here.

9e finally left our room and headed down to ?elsey's for supper at around 4,,. 9e %ust felt sopeaceful and mellow as we en%oyed the view of &lifton 2ill and the colourful music that was playing.9addle and Dotty %ust had to get up and dance. #he menu had changed since the last time we werehere. 0anette ordered the tomato asil penne and I had some kind of urger with a fancy 6panishname. I forget what it was called ut it had acon and avocado and I was ale to reCuest it on apretBel un. It came with fries of course which I had with mayonnaise the real Dutch way.

It's a good thing we had an early supper ecause %ust as we were leaving a family with a aaayeehad to arrive right across from us!

9e then drifted along from gift shop to gift shop. In the convenience store 0anette ought me one ofthose purple I E5 Niagara #:shirts that I'd een wanting and we stocked up on a few goodies. I've had

a craving for #wiBBlers and those sour cream and onion rings. 2aven't een ale to find the latteranywhere. nd I've een on the lookout for more patches to add to my collection. 6o far every store I'deen to only has &anadian flags or maple leaves. I want patches that specifically say Niagara =alls.

9e made our way up one side of the street and down the other disappointed to discover that the drugstore was no longer a drug store ut a more uer gift shop. #hey didn't even have magaBinesanymore %ust clothing and sports merchandise. I was noticing a row of teddy ears with hockey logoson the ottom shelf ut none of them had "oston "ruins logos or I might have ought one for Dave.

9e soon found ourselves at the 6ky 9heel. It looks so magical all lit up at night.

#his was the first time I'd ever ridden it at night and I en%oyed seeing all the colourful lights everywherealong with &lifton 2ill and the illuminated =alls as well as a uilding on the 6tates side that lit up I allkinds of rilliant colours. fter the commentary played over the speakers the music egan. It was aninstrumental version of the "eatlesIn My Lifewhich I knew all the words to and sang along.

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I guess I got my ?araoke fi( after all in the most unlikely place. It seemed a fitting triute to 0anette'sdad and an anthem to our survival as if it had een specifically chosen %ust for us.

9hen that song ended a eautiful piece of classical music egan. 9e've heard it efore ut don'tknow what it's called or who composed it. I will ask aout it when I post the video on Jou#ue.

9hen our ride was over we continued along down &lifton 2ill. #he =udge =actory was closed ut at

least we knew it would e open in the morning. 9e found ourselves at the arcade where we tried ourluck at the claw game until we gave up in frustration. Or at least I did. I couldn't even get it to gra apiece of candy. I think the smaller claw is supposed to keep going until you get something ut I didn'thave the patience. I was getting sensory overload and ecoming an(ious to leave.

9e made our way to the ig gift shop on the corner where I finally found a small oval patch with apicture of the =alls. 6till no sour cream and onion rings ut I did uy a couple ags of pork rinds. Idon't have these very often.

It felt later than it really was and we found ourselves gearing down. #he walk ack to the hotel didn'tseem to take as long as it did last time we were here together for 0anette's irthday last year. In factcompared to the rutally cold weather we ad last year this has een a tropical heat wave!! I didn't

even other with oots today and I proaly would have roasted if I'd worn my green coat instead ofmy #echnicolour Dream &oat with all its patches.

Once ack in the hotel we flopped down on our eds and rested for awhile. y feet ached so I wasmighty glad of a darned good soak in the athtu. 7o figure. #his has literally een my first ath ofA,*. >p until tonight all I've had is showers. I've een trying to get myself used to pretending I don'thave a tu ecause there are NON1 at the place we're staying for this year's carousel convention.

#he acoustics in the athroom were amaBing so I en%oyed singing while I was in there.

9hen I was done we en%oyed some of the goodies we'd ought. I had a few maple cookies and some#wiBBlers efore I rushed my teeth. It's so nice to e ale to go at our own pace and have a room

with an O/D:=62ION1D phone that has a NO@/ amount of uttons unlike the techno:nightmare we had in our New Jork hotel room. 9e don't even N11D to use this phone ecause wedon't have to worry aout wake:up calls.

Thursday, January 22nd

I WANT BOY GO!G"# !OB$$$$%

#hat has to e the official catch phrase of this tour!

9e woke up at roughly around -4,, am got dressed and dragged ourselves to the reakfast uffet. tthat moment we wanted coffee more than anything else in the world.

9e had waffles for reakfast. 0anette went first. #his time we rememered the rule aout making surewe sprayed the waffle iron. Or at least 0anette did although I had to remind her not to forget the topone. It was still written on the instruction card in my handwriting from last year's visit in order to savefuture guests from further tragedy like I'd had the first time I used it.

9e felt kind of daBed and discomoulated as we navigated our way through reakfast. I finished mywaffle and had some scramled eggs.


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9hen we were finished eating 0anette was feeling energiBed and ready to go ut I still felt draggy.6he still had to go to the front desk to inCuire aout 9ifi for her i


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"ut the thing that impressed me most was a eautiful teal Oriental silk roe that used to elong to"OJ 71O@71 displayed along with a platinum single award for Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

It was so eautiful and lu(urious looking and the fact that it used to elong to "oy 7eorge made me

wish I could even pay to try it on for %ust tow minutes! I got 0anette to take a video of me pretending tomake a huge fuss. I 9N# "OJ 71O@71'6 @O"1! I shrieked in a voice similar to iss L5arw

9ouldn't it e a corker if this went viral on Jou#ue and several drag Cueens in purple wigs and fatsuits started parodying me! I have een laughing aout this all day. I elieve the original roe can eseen in this video4

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9e en%oyed our meals and apple coler with ice cream for dessert.

On our way out we stopped at the gift shop where we ought a few souvenirs. 0anette ought herselfa guitar:shaped fridge magnet with the =alls in the ackground and a glittery pink guitar key ring. Iought a ?I66 pin a cool set of earrings and a ?I66 #:shirt. @ight as if I need any more. I et I havea ?I66 #:shirt for every day of the week y now. I also ought a 2ard @ock &afe patch of the "ritish=lag in the ackground. y purchases cost me %ust over )8, which I had to charge on my MI6 card

since I wouldn't have enough cash. 6op much for New Jear's @esolutions. #wo down one more to go.#he one aout not swearing was the first to get roken. "iting my tongue and eing frightened y loudnoises are definitely =:om triggers. 9hen I originally made the rule aout not uying anything elseon my MI6 until after it was paid off the only e(tenuating circumstance at the time would have een if&ulture &lu rescheduled their ne(t tour.

#hey were supposed to play in Novemer ut they had to e canceled ecause "oy 7eorge hadpolyps in his throat and needed surgery. I sincerely hope he's feeling etter soon. 2>76 E5

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utter arecue chicken wings and the wonton nachos.

fter supper we were content to %ust go ack to our room for the evening. 0anette had a ath and Iworked on my emroidery. I finished the penultimate panel on my original uilt and started the lastone.

0anette phoned


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)A*, W"! IN JAI+%

r-day, January, 2.rd

I thought I would never get to sleep last night. It wasn't until at least well after A am.

t the time I thought that the events that had unfolded the rest of the evening would make a goodstory to send to &"&'s inyl !afe "tory #$%&ange. I felt etter once I could imagine 6tuart c/eanreading the following letter which I wrote in front of our hotel window y the light of the 6ky 9heel.

I wrote4

Dear Stuart,

I don't know how bullies do it! I play one stupid little practical joke and I feel like the WorstPerson Who Ever ived

et "e backtrack for a "o"ent#

$n the "ornin% of &uesday, anuary ()th, "y best friend's dad passed away *e was scheduled

to be cre"ated that day but the "e"orial service wasn't %oin% to be until well into the

sprin%ti"e

+eanwhile, anette had the rest of the week off and an overwhel"in% desire to escape so she

proposed that the two of us take off to ia%ara -alls

It has been a surreal and bittersweet journey to say the least, full of its share of hi%hli%hts,

one of which was seein% .oy /eor%e's robe on display when we had lunch at *ard 0ock 1afe

&hat afternoon when we arrived back at our hotel roo" to let her landlord, her brother and her

boyfriend know that she was okay I held off on talkin% to "y husband just yet .ut I had a

totally twisted, wicked idea 2I"a%ine if I told hi" we were in jail3

&he "ore I thou%ht of it the wilder and juicier "y story beca"e It was a brilliant idea in theory

but when I did call all I %ot was the answerin% "achine So I proceeded to tell "y tail anyway

2Dave, I'" in jail!3 I be%an and I e4plained that I had s"ashed a chair over a %uy's head and that

he was unconscious and probably wouldn't "ake it throu%h the ni%ht I barely be%un to tell "y

tale when the answerin% "achine cut "e off So I called back and continued I told Dave thatanette and I were at +ar%aritaville and these two %uys at the ne4t table were bu%%in% us and

"akin% rude co""ents about us bein% lesbians ot that there's anythin% wron% with that .utthe one %uy lun%ed at "e and %rabbed "y breasts and said 2ow I'" %oin% to "ake you a 0E5

wo"an!!3 So I stood up and s"ashed "y chair over his head and6666.57I/5!!! $nly kiddin%,

dear! I hope I didn't %ive you a heart attack3 anette and I roared with lau%hter like a couple

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8nfortunately, only "o"ents later, a pan% of i""ense %uilt hit "e like a ton of bricks /iven thecircu"stances of our departure and the e"otional state we've been in, one wouldn't put it past

us to open a can of whoop6ass like that for real! Especially when I reali9ed that it was already

past ::;)) p" and if "y husband were on day shift he'd already be sound asleep and not receive

this "essa%e until "ornin%, which "eant he'd be %ettin% up at around +MABom7Ic

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I finally did manage to sleep much etter than I thought I would and this morning 0anette and I decidedwe would en%oy a leisurely runch at i2op.

>ntil now the only i2ops I knew of were in the 6tates. In fact the first time I'd eaten at one was in A,*5when I was in ?ansas for my penultimate carousel convention.

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One of the keepers rought out a tarantula for 0anette to get a clear look at and we got some amaBingpictures.

I took some footage of the ats flying around in the at cave.

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9e en%oyed the small ird aviary. 9e found ourselves losing spoons however when we were in thelarge ird aviary and the two pregnant women with the ay and the toddler seemed to keep cuttingus off everywhere. 0anette tried to get away from them y running ahead ut there was only one wayout so I flagged her to rave ack past them so they could go ahead while we waited for them toleave.

9e ducked into the 0avanese #ea 2ouse. #hat place is supposed to have snacks ut like the >pside:Down 2ouse we've N1M1@ seen it open. 6till it was a good place to rest and admire the intricatelycarved acanthus all over the walls.

9e've noticed acanthuses everywhere on this trip! 1ven the tiles in the washroom. I took a picture ofone of those. I'd like to emroider that on something one of these days.

I was feeling so drained and fraBBled today I didn't even feel like feeding the rainow lorikeets like Iusually do when we're here. #wo dollars will uy you a cup of nectar and the irds will land all over youfor a sip of it. It's all fun and games until you've got ird poop running down your face. nd franklytoday I %ust wasn't in the mood for that.
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s we made our way to the gift shop that same unch of people were taking their annoying sweettime at the checkout counter.

I didn't see anything in the gift shop that I was tempted to uy ut when they appeared to e gone Itreated us to ice cream. 0anette had a chocolate ?londike cone and I had the agnum 7old ar. tthis point they were taking forever in the coat check room and shortly after we sat down they paradedpast us inching along at a pace that would have made the average snail look like 6peedy 7onBales

and of course they 2D to make sure we heard their conversation complete with words likepregnancy and miscarriage. >72!! "@11D1@6!!! &an't they talk aout NJ#2IN7 else! It's likeonce they've decided to procreate they've %oined some kind of stupid &>/# and all they can talk aoutis ""I16!!! nd the sad part is they feel sorry for >6 ecause they think 91 don't have a life.=rankly compared to them I think 91'M1 got it D1!!! No screaming little uggers with shittydiapers demanding all our time and energy! 9e could NO# do it!! 9e'd %ust end up killing the littleuggers! 9e can arely take care of'UR"#L#"((((

9e seemed to e going in slow motion as we wearily dragged ourselves ack up &lifton 2ill. 9e had alook at the gift shop ne(t to #im 2orton's efore we retreated to the sanctuary of our room for the ne(tcouple hours. I ate the rownie I'd ought yesterday at the =udge =actory and 0anette had her utter:tart. I finished off the rest of my /ucky 1lephant popcorn and my other ag of pork rinds. 9e felt like

we could %ust eat and eat. 0anette doBed off for awhile.

6hortly after +4,, we headed ack to ?elsey's for supper. 9e were going to sit at our usual tale utonce again had to share the premises with NO#21@ ="/J with a "J"11!! 6o we hightailed itas far away fro them as possile. 9e try to eat early to avoid this sort of thing.

I had een wanting to try the mushroom ravioli and 0anette wanted the tomato penne again. 9e wereconcerned aout the lack of protein so we shared the #hai popcorn shrimp as an appetiBer.

fter supper we came ack to the room and listened to 1nya while we rested and I did someemroidery. 0anette phoned


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us.I wouldn't e surprised if this ends up eing our last Niagara #rip. 6he's not ready to go ack to work.#o e honest I was terrified thinking aout anything happening to her during the %ourney home.

I'm %ust relieved that she's getting the care she needs. I've een feeling like I'm the only person shehas left and I've een hanging y a thread myself ecause of all this.

I!WO!#

10:0pmI %ust got off the phone with /orraine as I started hearing loud anging noises. t first I thought Oh no!Not again! I thought people ne(t door were throwing furniture.

6o I opened the door to the alcony to see if I could figure out where the noise was coming from and Icould not elieve my eyes! )IR#W'R*"((( I had forgotten that Niagara has fireworks on a =ridaynight and I certainly didn't e(pect there to e any in the 9IN#1@!! I graed my camera and filmed thewhole performance. I didn't care that it was cold outside. I had no coat on and my are feet werefreeBing on the cold concrete. It felt like a sign. 0anette has to see this. If I'd gone with her to thehospital I wouldn't have een ale to record this for her. 1verything has 7O# to get etter. #he

fireworks were an une(pected onus a delightful serendipity. 7od is looking after oth of us. 0anetteis getting the care she needs while I hold fort and recharge.

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I wish there could e a happy ending to this story. I feel urnt out. I feel...so..fucking..urnt..out!!#a(urday, January 24(h

0anette arrived ack here shortly after Aam. I was surprised to hear her fumling at the door ecausethe people at the hospital told me they were going to phone to let me know when her ca was arrivingso I could meet her at the loy and help her with her ags. Not that she had any anyway.

/ast night feels like it wasn't real like the whole e(perience was a ad dream. 9e must have eentotally wiped. I drifted off into an e(hausted slumer the est I've had all week here. It was almostNOON when we woke up. It would have een too late for the reakfast uffet.

9e didn't even other to get dressed. I pulled on some track pants over my ?I66 nightshirt and0anette %ust put her coat on over her pa%amas. 9e didn't even other with socks. I had to stop at thefront desk to get another key card ecause we lost the cards in last night's shuffle.

It didn't help that the guy who helped us carry the luggage to our room last night was totally ruing0anette the wrong way. 2is attitude e(acerated the situation causing things to escalate.

On the way to #im 2orton's we saw #2@11 ay strollers in a row cross the street.

I didn't know what I wanted so at first I thought I'd %ust have whatever 0anette was having. "ut I didn'twant chili. I still wanted "@1?=6# food. #he prolem is they didn't serve reakfast food at themoment. 6o I settled Cuickly on a grilled cheese sandwich and cream of roccoli soup with coffee anda chocolate doughnut. #he soup and coffee as well as 0anette's chili were 9J #OO 2O# so I ranack to the counter and asked for some I&1!!!

9hen we finished eating I was in a hurry to leave ut 0anette was determined to clean up our trays. Ifit were up to my hurried state I would have inadvertently made her forget our #im:"its.

t least this morning was the most energetic I'd felt in days. It was definitely as though something had

een purged and lifted.

9e made our way to the @ock /egends gift shop. "efore we even went in I saw two things I wanted$ a?I66 solo alums patch and a colourful little mushroom.

nd of course I saw even more patches in there. I must have ought at least a doBen or more. #heyare as follows4 A different siBed ?I66 logos my colourful mushroom two different "etty "oop patches$one of her in the famous arilyn onroe pose and the other of her in front of a peace sign in colourfulQ,'s attire the ?I66 Hero( patch as they call it the ?I66 rmy crest 7ene's a(e ass a purple7rateful Dead teddy ear. I can't rememer if there were others.


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helped us move rememered us from last night and was super nice. I'm glad we didn't get the guywho helped us move last night. #he last thing we need is anymore meltdowns. #he new room isalmost identical to our first room e(cept that the railing in the athtu runs vertically instead ofdiagonally.

I had no idea how handy this little light on my key:chain would e. #he other night when I had to writein the dark I was writing y the light of the 6ky 9heel. t that time the whole thing was lit up. t the

moment all that are lit up are the gondolas ans that doesn't give me enough light to see.

I miss Dave. I miss my computer and I miss my own ed. I hate hotel pillows. #hey're too sCuishy andpuffy and they refuse to stay put!

+a(er (ha( day:#his morning has een hell hell hell! I haven't seen so many fucking ""I16 in one place since thelast day of the A,,Q 7eneva 6ymposium. #he reakfast uffet was a LOO!! 9e %ust felt like wewanted to shove everyone and it felt like we were running out of hands ecause we were desperate to

%ust gra something to take ack to our room.

t checkout time those repulsive little creatures were everywhere we looked and there were even two

outside when we ran out to wait for our ca.

I paid for our us tickets home and the ne(t us to #oronto was there within the ne(t five minutes. 9ewere grateful that there were no nasty little screamers at the us terminal or on the us. 9e ploppeddown in seats across from each other.

t least a doBen more people got on in 6t. &atharines. It was like a clown car in reverse. #hey seemedto keep coming and coming and we hoped noody wanted to sit ne(t to either of us ecause weneeded our space and didn't want to move our stuff. I felt like I wished I could delierately mae a igfart so that way for sure no one would want to invade our ule.

s we moved along 0anette showed me the hospital where she'd stayed the other night.

I was glad ark would e meeting her at >nion. I would have een terrified if she had to take that%ourney home alone. 9e were frustrated to discover that in the area near &innaon where we usuallymeet each other or others they had gotten rid of the enches!!

I still had to uy my train ticket and I had no choice ut to leave 0anette on her own ecause I had toproceed to the platform immediately.

#here was no way I wanted to lug this ig suitcase up all those stairs. I needed the elevator.>nfortunately so did a family with another damned ay stroller. I raved it ecause at least the kidlooked to old to e N11DIN7 a stroller. >nfortunately the fucking elevator got stuck on the secondlevel and refused to go any further so I ended up having to haul my hulking pink ehemoth the rest of

the way up the stairs after all.

#he us trip had gone fast. I had een listening to Minyl &afe. It had een a rerun. It was the storyaout everyone in Dave's family having the flu and Dave feeling lik a soldier on the front line. #hat'show I've een feeling all week.

I was still listening to &"& radio as I rode home on the 7o train ut I turned off ary 2inds' /ape+trywhen the topic was eing introduced. #his woman started off y saying that the decision to have achild is like allowing your heart to run around loose outside your ody for the rest of your life. I don'thave and DON'# 1M1@ 9N# children ut I feel like my heart has een outside my ody all week!!


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/ike it's een attered around like a hockey puck trampled y elephants sliced diced and made intothousands of %ulienne fries and pureed to a loody smoldering pulp.

I took a ca home from the 7o train station. Dave was still home when I arrived. #hings have een alur. I've een somewhat catatonic moving in slow motion. #he first thing I did was unpack mysuitcase and put all my merchandise ack. #hen I phoned /orraine while Dave left to do the groceryshopping.

I wanted to fi( up my hair colour so I decided to kill two irds with one stone y leaching my rootswhile I took a nice long hot ath complete with an rchie comic digest I hadn't read yet. I will finishre:purpling my hair tomorrow.

9hen I finished my ath all I wanted to do was sleep.

Dave made us tomato soup with 7oldfish crackers for supper and we watched /&e "imp+on+. t theend of the second episode there was this eautiful song y David "owie$ #here's a 6tar an waitingin the sky...

I went into the athroom to unplug my

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