It was going to be a long and interesting day, so I paid homage to my spiders
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before getting into the car and driving to this intersection
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but I was early so I bought something that came in this wrapper
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and looked like this
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or like this
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once the flash was redirected. I drove back to the intersection and
entered this building
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where I spent most of the day in this conference room
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working.
When the day was done, I drove back home to find the gang
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assembled in my living room including Jane, Kaylen and Lucy
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who had caught a ride home with me. In the kitchen, Carolyn
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and Michael
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greeted me an offered me this glass of white wine
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to go with Michael's red
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that had come from this bottle
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they so kindly brought. Benjamin
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was happy to see me as the unfinished cheese
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and hors de ouveres
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came back tot he kitchen. None of this seemed to have an
impact on Jane/Lucy
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and Kaylen
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who were busy typing away. But it was dinner time.
The cake stood guard
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against people getting overstuffed ( not that this ever works ) with
breads
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meats
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veggie lasagna
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salad
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and chopped vegetables
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all of which made the birthday girl
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happy as Steven
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went through the line and Adele and Suzanne
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discussed the meals that Michael and Chris
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might be having as Benjamin
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decided to chow down his meal. Chris posed for a picture with too much light
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another with bad angle
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and then the finale
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that brought people to their seats
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with plates that looked quite good
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especially when enhanced by the butler
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who spread the spread to Jan-boy's amusement
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as he assembled his plate
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which looked better sans flash
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though Carolyn
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wondered why my plate
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lacked color
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until we got some tomatoes to buffer the strong flash.
Suzanne admired Jane's school photos
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as Jane did a before and after comparison
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and the 3 of them posed together
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as dinner evolved
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to Steven and John's amusement
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and Carolyn and Adele's
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attention to the clean plate
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I made.
Jan-girl
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Suzanne
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and Michael
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admired the fruit platter
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especially as we added color
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and fruit started to disappear
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as the cheese appeared
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and the cookie plate
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was enhanced by strawberries
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as the Belgian chocolates
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made their way around the table.
Benjamin and I split this cookie
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into these 2 pieces
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as the girls
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got the cake together
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for the birthday celebration and Pam turned fire into smoke
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and began to cut
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so that my plate
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could be filled
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and then emptied
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as the presents appeared
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and the cards were opened
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so that all could read
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the warm greetings. The picture frame
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amused Chris and Jan-boy
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as Pam worked on
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and Steven turned to make a point
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and then he and John posed
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as the next card came by
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for all to see
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the Feng Shui
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candles that amused Jan-boy
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and Chris
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as the others relaxed
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after the big meal as Pam opened more
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and the candles got passed around
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for a closer look as Jane and Lucy headed for the computers
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and Kaylen
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did her grandma babushka imitation as Benjamin read his book
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and the chess set stood idle
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saying good bye to Jan and Jan
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as Michael tried to get Lucy going
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so that work on her present
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could continue though Kaylen
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had her chocolate milk
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and Benjamin his apple
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as the phone sat by
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and everyone tried to escape
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Jane's new faces
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untilt he morning came and the girls
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got ready to go on their journey as Suzanne and Pam
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sat down for one more cup of coffee.