Saturday, July 09, 2011

Staying in, going out and girls' night.

1. Alec and I sleep on past the time for leaving while rain hisses down outside.

2. The day improves immeasurably once I stop trying to do housework, pack Alec into the sling and walk out with no particular place to go.

3. "You look very pretty," says Nick as I dust on a little face powder. And then I get the hell out of there before Alec wakes up again.
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Flock, turn and cards.

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