13,874 Days Alive
300+ Miles Driven
4 Slices of Pizza at the Blue Room Bar
1 Game of Terraforming Mars
We made it!
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Category: 2023
Prompt Answer: Countries to Visit
What countries do you want to visit?
There are many places I want to visit. England, Ireland, Lithuania, Spain, Japan, maybe India?
Prompt Answer: Favorite Thing About Me
What’s your favorite thing about yourself?
I know there are people that will argue with me about this. How it’s a flaw, a negative quirk of being me. But my favorite thing about myself is my compassion. By extension, my capacity for forgiveness.
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13,870 Days Alive
3 Days, 14 Hours Till Wheels Up on the Road-trip
2 Air Mattresses to Return
1 Worrying Pain in My Side
Originally, Mellon and I were going to sleep on a pair of super-nice air mattresses. But that plan has changed! We’re getting a hotel near J and Beau’s place in Ohio.
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13,869 Days Alive
Edit: forgot to hit post.
I’m in so much pain I’m afraid to eat dinner.
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13,868 Days Alive
5 Days, 12 Hours Til the Roadtrip to J and Beau!
2 Books Borrowed from Mae
So, Mellon’s friend Bo has a wife, who I will call Mae. She’s a really crafty, kind woman who is a voracious reader.
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Prompt Answer: Favorite Season.
What is your favorite season of year? Why?
My favorite season is autumn. There’s just something about the eventual death of summer giving way to the crisp fall air and the changing colors now that I’m back up north.
Of Parties and Pasta
13,863 Days Alive
1 Birthday Cake Ordered
Well, I had a panic attack today. Because I ordered myself a birthday cake. It’s from a mom and pop bakery near where J and Beau live.
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Prompt Answer: Time Spent
Who do you spend the most time with?
If we’re talking time spent offline, it’s with Mellon. Otherwise, it’s with my bestie, J.
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why?
Three books that had an impact on me growing up were:
1. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: inspired my love of folklore
2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: my first book I was taught to read
3. Clan of the Cave Bear: a book that could make reality a little less stressful when reading it.
Of Ravioli and Rest
13,856 Days Alive
Mellon made dinner this evening. Oven-baked raviolis with zucchini and marinara sauce. It was amazing.
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