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Every day life away from the business

Life

  • Thursday This

    I think today was the hardest day since I have been here. Today was Thanksgiving and everyone is home but I’m here. Today is a day when I wish that teleporting was invented. Though I never really fessed up to it in order to avoid a cheesy-ness factor, at my family holiday parties and get…

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  • Save the Po’ Boy

    While I didn’t realize that it was an endangered food, after experiencing the Po’ Boy Festival yesterday, I am totally in favor of saving/preserving/eating them. After a brief stint of sleeping in Sunday morning, I did a little work and threw on some shoes (as per order of the text message I received: Po boy…

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  • O.M.G.

    **Disclaimer for Kelly: The following post contains a reference to something that totally creeps/grosses you out. Something that starts with an ‘s’ and rhymes with ‘wider’. However, no pictures of the aforementioned Arachnids exist in the post.** I remember when I first visited the boot, my mom asked me if the bugs were bad because…

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  • A peek into the male mind

    The following conversation ensued today, following another conversation about getting nails done: Me, to a fellow woman, whilst in the presence of a man: I still need to find out where to get my eyebrows done. I haven’t had them done in a long time. I have been doing the daily maintenance myself. Female: Ooh,…

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  • Seize that creature!

    Seize that creature!

    I am again attempting to get my house settled. It’s still a very slow process. But I’m trying to get on board with this whole house thing. Especially because it’s really the only thing that isn’t way awesome about living in the boot. I love everything else– the people, the food, the daily life. But…

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