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Ocean Shores was perfect.

1. After tomorrow I will most likely officially be the apartment manager where I am living which means free rent, plus extra money every month. It couldn’t have come at a better time financially. It really is true that some things work out the way they are supposed to at just the right time. Ideally I will catch myself up as far as money goes and hopefully in the future be able to work part time in order to make it easier to continue school after my BA. Amazing.
2. I am quickly becoming head over heels. And I love every single minute of it because it is decidedly unique from any other time I have started to feel this way.
3. My laptop is stupid. I need a new one; or maybe I just need more memory.
4. Lucy is cute.
5. Jenny’s birthday is on May 5th. I miss her. A lot.
6. My Colin will be moving here sometime this week. I’ve missed him too.
7. It’s interesting how many lies are uncovered after someone is gone. In recent conversations with family I’ve learned that more and more dishonesty on the part of my former stepdad has become apparent. Am I surprised or shocked? No. Do I have a strong desire to hunt down and tear up every single father’s day card I ever gave him? Yes. This too will eventually pass though.

Friday: Spent time with brother. I was calling him “step-brother” for a very long time out of formality however, he is family-pure and simple. His dad went nutty and stupid but that has nothing to do with my relationship with B. Nothing. He had plans to go to some party Saturday, one of those all night things-he called this morning to tell me that he was on his way home and was okay because he figured I would care. I do, and I was glad to know he was okay. Family is good.

Saturday-day: Successfully finished my last assignment in my class this session. It was online and seriously was more work than any other class I’ve had…ever. It’s over, and I’m glad; ecstatic actually.

Saturday-night: I don’t think I’ve ever in my life had a better date night. Ever. I am just on the edge of jumping, and I’m really okay with it.

Sunday (today): Thrift store shopping with Kait and Ashley. Laughing and fun.

It was a weekend that I’m grateful for.

Thirteen wonderful quotes

1. If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world. Deepak Chopra
2. It’s very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos. Ram Dass
3. Were it not a fact of experience that supreme values reside in the soul, psychology would not interest me in the least, for the soul would then be nothing but a miserable vapor. Carl Jung
4. Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Khalil Gibran
5. There is often a big disparity between the way in which we perceive things and the way things really are. 14th Dalai Lama
6. One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself. Nelson Mandela
7. The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry. Muhammad
8. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
   Maya Angelou
9. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong
10. Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, “She doesn’t have what it takes.” They will say, “Women don’t have what it takes.” Clare Boothe Luce
11. I think it’s about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we’ve been voting for boobs long enough. Clarie Sargent
12. I wish someone would have told me that, just because I’m a girl, I don’t have to get married. Marlo Thomas
13. I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. Anais Nin

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Kelly, Penelope Anne

I use the word ‘real’ for a couple of reasons; it was the first one that I didn’t have to pick Lucy up during, and it was the first one that while not picking her up she kept up the entire time (also the first time I didn’t trip on leashes). This whole thing is sort of like an experiment really. I’m crazy for taking it on.

It started out a bit sticky…leashes here, dogs there and nothing where it was supposed to be. I have to admit I was a bit dismayed. However I collected myself and just started walking, which is what I’m supposed to do. They’re supposed to do the rest; and amazingly, for once, they did.

Little Lucy demonstrated her running skills to keep up with the other two, and the other two did what they’re supposed to do which is walk as a pair. Lucy followed in a sort of unorganized fashion (here, there, and everywhere while following), but the pont is, she followed. And it was clear that halfway through, she was pretty tired; however because she was walking with the other two she still made the effort to keep up. Granted, her roly poly self was running most of the time, but she kept up.

Now what I have is a few tired happy pups who successfully bonded a little more. It’s pretty great, really.

God, she’s cute. They’re all cute.