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I have now officially become an old guinea woman.
I wake up in the morning and kid myself that the sensation I feel is hunger, and that coffee will pacify it. One cup of coffee. Two Tums. I used to have several cups of coffee, but now…it hurts. I can feel it in the back of [...]

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Up again. I squint and basically have to deform my myopic eyeballs to see the red numbers on the clock. 3:38 AM. I don’t know whether the clock is still off by a few minutes or not, but again, it’s way too early to be up.
I’m hot. I take off my socks. There’s a peculiar [...]

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In the middle of polishing off a package of hot cross buns (not uncommon at this time of year, don’t know how I manage not to weigh 500 pounds), I found myself stopping, and thinking, “Why am I doing this?” I wasn’t really hungry, my stomach hurt. I think the only reason I’d bought them [...]

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Dear Santa:
How are you? I hope that this year has been both busy and productive. hey to Mrs. Claus, the Elves and the reindeer. I have been very good this year. Here is my list:
I would like my own apartment. Period. End of story.
I used to love Christmas. Now it’s just a perpetual cycle of [...]

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