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Hi friends! I’m not going to bore you with the continued string of nonsense that I’m having to deal with this year but I will say I’m trying to compensate by drinking as much hot chocolate as my body can handle. On the plus side, my truck has finally been towed to a mechanic and fingers crossed that I have a working vehicle by the end of the year. It’s been out of commission since my catalytic converter was stolen in May. Aside from hot chocolate, another one of the ways I’ve been injecting joy into my life has been to get dozens of picture books from the library through the Libby App. I can read the picture books directly on my tablet and it’s been incredibly helpful as I shop for the kids in my life. I do my best not to gift books I have not yet read myself so the library has been a huge help as always.

But yeah. Hi. I’m still around and running mostly on spite right now. But I’m here.