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Entries from June 30th, 2009

Moving, Cleaning, Catch-Up

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Endless Blathering

I realized yesterday that I forgot to renew my license plates, which are due today, and then promptly forgot again until this morning, when I looked at the renewal notice and realized that I needed a safety inspection. I feel like I’m playing major catch-up this week already, and it’s only Tuesday. Luckily, my mechanics [...]

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The Point

June 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Endless Blathering

Well, here it is- the weekend that has been on the horizon for many months.  I think there have only been a few times in my life that I can point to and say, “My life is definitively changing after that day, or that event.”  But this is one of those weekends. Tonight is Tracy’s [...]

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Oh Yeah, This Is Summer

June 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Endless Blathering

This is why it’s hard to take summer in Missouri seriously until June 21, because the humidity doesn’t arrive until the end of June.  In that entry the other week, I was all, “Summer starts in May!” and, yes, that’s true, but for a different reason.  If you don’t start your summer in May, you’ll [...]

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Ch-ch-ch-changes

June 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Endless Blathering

Wedding photography is a lot of work. I push myself through the actual day on a mixture of caffeine and adrenaline, and then the next day I am a lump of pudding, completely exhausted.  I used to think it was a hangover from imbibing too much caffeine when I usually don’t drink that much, but [...]

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Other Updates

June 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Gardening, Travel

I can’t tell whether my earlier entry is just that unreadable, or if it’s my weirdly tired but overslept mindset today. Anyway, last week in the airport, I couldn’t help but notice how many people were walking barefoot through airport security after slipping off their summer shoes, and wonder how many of those same people [...]

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Home From Florida, and All the Stuff That’s Broken

June 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Music, Television, Travel

We returned on Sunday afternoon from our Florida vacation, but here it is a few days later and I’m still not recovered.  I often feel this way after a vacation, any vacation, that I should have just stayed home for a few days if I wanted to relax, because with the traveling I usually feel [...]

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