tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46836072657269510492024-03-05T08:50:04.856-08:00British BriggsThe story of one girl's journey in London.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-81102405712958502942012-07-08T18:40:00.004-07:002012-07-08T18:40:41.507-07:00Let it Be<div style="text-align: center;">
<b style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">June 4</span></b></div>
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<b style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Hi!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>3 hours</b> of class this morning...</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">it was my <i>first day</i> of <b style="color: #e06666;">dish crew</b> too. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But wait,</span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">silver lining</span></span></i></b></div>
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I got <u>first choice</u> at breakfast.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My favorite?</span></span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Banana</span> yogurt<i> with </i><span style="color: #e69138;">chocolate flakes</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These <b><i><span style="color: blue;">muller</span> </i>babies </b>have become<b><br /></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> a <u>definer</u> of my London experience.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You <i>can't </i>have a bad day,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when you start off with <i>these</i>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We had to recite <i>another poem</i> today.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ohhh how <b>I love our TA</b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paige Thompson,</span></span></span></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">aka</span></span></span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #e06666;">P.T.T.A</b>,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;">P.T. Cruiser</b>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She is <i>the best</i> to recite poetry too.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This time I did Wordsworth's poem,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<i style="color: #6aa84f;">Composed Upon Westminster Bridge</i>."</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My lovely friend <b>Amanda Baugh</b> and I</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">had a </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>marvelous time</u> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>trying</i> to memorize it. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i>Weird</i></b> <b style="color: #674ea7;">Kelsey-like sound effects </b>included. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was time to go </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>back</i> to <b style="color: #a64d79;">Portobello Road.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This was the <u>first time</u> where I </span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">really</span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">had </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>stop myself</b> for a moment.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I stood there and <i>realized</i> that this may be</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>my last time</u> on <b style="color: #351c75;">this</b> street.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Soooo</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I made sure to </span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">really</span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>seize the day</b></u>. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That meant eating </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <b>two</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b>black bottom cupcakes</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">from <b style="color: #e06666;">Hummingbird Bakery.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e06666;"> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e06666;"> </b><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had heard</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that these were the</span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">treats</span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to</span></span></span></span></u></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>beat</i>.</span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Who knew</i> that the treats within this box</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">would hold so much<b style="color: #6fa8dc;"> joy</b>?</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These were our final seconds</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">before the <u>world of cupcakes </u><i>as we knew it</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">would change...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>forever</b>. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mmmm!</span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Soo soo <b style="color: #674ea7;">delicious.</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let me add,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I'm <u>not</u> a huge cupcake person.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So <u>this</u>,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>this </i>is a big deal.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just wanted to <i>dance</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <u>sing</u></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <b>twirl</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and possibly <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><b>frolic.</b></span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>And</i>...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">MaCall and I went back </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to <i>buy another one</i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">just <b>twenty minutes later.</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And to <i>add</i> to the <b style="color: #3d85c6;">joy</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we went back to see our very <u>favorite gal</u>,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cath Kidston</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">aka</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #f1c232;"><i>Katniss. </i></b> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">MaCall was just a <i>little torn </i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">about which bag to buy</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so she <u>confided</u></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in this <b>lovely chap</b>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Woot woot</i>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and we both left <b>happy</b>!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Oh <i style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Cath Kidston,</b></i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">how we will miss you so. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But we have our <u>matching bags</u> now</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to <i>always</i> keep you, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>and</b> London, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">near and dear</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to our hearts. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Little did I know</span></span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that <u>tonight</u> I would be seeing</span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Sir</span> Elton John,</span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stevie Wonder </span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <b><span style="color: #e69138;">Sir</span> Paul McCartney</b>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mhmmm.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Everyone</i> is in town</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I saw them <b>broadcasted live</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">here...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hyde Park,</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of my <u>favorite places </u></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the <i>whole</i> <b>wide</b> <b style="color: #6aa84f;">world.</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was a <i>splendid </i>night of <b style="color: blue;"> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> creepy <i>yet</i> somewhat <b><i>awesome</i></b> <b style="color: #ea9999;">Queen masks,</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">a <i><u>fabulous</u> </i>British host</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">who <i>made fun of Americans</i> for </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"sitting and eating their peanut butter and <b><i>jelly</i></b>"</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> ...he said, it's "<b>jam</b>."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">but come on, </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">we<u> just can't</u> call it peanut butter and <i>jam</i>!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">and,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">it was a night full of <b style="color: #674ea7;">music</b><span style="color: #674ea7;">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I will <u>never</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>ever</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>never ever</b> forget</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">when Paul McCartney sang </span></div>
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><b>Let it Be</b></span>." </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tonight,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I felt like <u>the luckiest girl</u><i> in the world</i>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I truly feel <i>blessed</i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that <b style="color: #e06666;">I am here in London</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at <i>this </i>time</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and tonight, </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I was at <u>Hyde Park</u>,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">singing "<i>Let it Be</i>"</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">underneath the <b style="color: #c27ba0;">stars</b>,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">surrounded by <i>thousands </i>of </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>happy</b> and<b> proud</b> Brits. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> And <i>either</i> I <u>cried</u>,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">or a <i><b>huge gust of dust</b></i> went into my eye,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">from <i style="color: #8e7cc3;">pure happiness</i>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;"><b>Thank you London</b></span>,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for <i>one of the best nights</i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">my</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<b><u><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">life</span></span></span></span></span></u></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-77884333896826575552012-06-29T16:51:00.000-07:002012-06-29T16:51:35.125-07:00Diamonds are Forever<div align="center">
<b style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">June 3</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><u>Before</u> I came to London</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> I would hear of</span></div>
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<i><b>Queen Elizabeth the 2nd</b></i></div>
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<span style="color: black;">and <u>tend to</u> think of</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>The Parent Trap</b>... </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><i>(once again)</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>"</b>We met on the <b style="color: #e06666;">QE2</b>. </span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> It's an ocean liner that sails from <i>London</i> to New York.<b>" </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">However, </span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia;"><b>Queen Elizabeth the Second</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">is <u>so</u>, <i>so</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>oh so</b> <i><u>so</u> <u>so</u></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">much more than that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">She has been the <span style="color: #674ea7;">reigning Queen</span> now for</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><i>60</i> years</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Woah baby!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And to <u>celebrate</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">the <b>Brits</b> threw her one <i><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">smashing party</span></b></i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It lasted the <b>whole weekend</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Talk about <b><span style="color: #a64d79;">a loved woman</span></b>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And now I can <i>honestly</i> say,</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia;"><b>I love her too.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Thank you for<b><i> inviting us</i></b> to your <b style="color: #e06666;">big party</b>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here's <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Lauren</b> and <b>I </b>with our own</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Diamond Jubilee Flags</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">:) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Today after church</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">a group of us went down to the</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia;"><b>Thames River</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">(pronounced <i>Tems</i>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and parked it right in front </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">of the <b>Tate Modern</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">to see the <b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">river-boat parade.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And <i>man oh man</i> was it <u>packed</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">with people</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><span style="color: red;">British </span><span style="color: red;">pride</span></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Look, you can even see <b>Amanda and Bronwyn</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in front of this lady with the <b><i style="color: blue;">lovely hat</i></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To help us <i>endure </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">climbing through the <u>masses</u> of </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e06666;">enthusiastic</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #8e7cc3;">fantastic</b>,</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i>love-the-Queen</i>-tastic</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">people</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">the <i>Centre </i>provided us with food to make </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>our own sack lunches</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That didn't last too long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Not just the food..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(I mean, there were <b><i>Snickers bars</i></b> in there!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but also the bags. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;">Jaden</b> and<b> I </b>had a hard time <b>coping</b> at first.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>then</i> we realized we were in <u style="color: red;"><b>London</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">at the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Queen's Diamond Jubilee</b></span>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and we couldn't help but <b style="color: #e69138;">smile</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and <u>take a picture</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">to remember this moment <i>forever</i>!</span></div>
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Other<b style="color: #674ea7;"> moments to remember...</b></div>
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We wanted to <b><i>actually see</i></b></div>
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the <b style="color: #3d85c6;">Royal Family </b></div>
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and the <b style="color: #6aa84f;">beautiful Thames</b></div>
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<i>in all its glory</i>.</div>
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But <b>where to go?</b></div>
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There<i> really</i> were people</div>
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<b><u><i>everywhere. </i></u></b></div>
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<i>Ey yo</i> <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Tarzan</b>?</div>
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People were in the <u>trees</u>...</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">really <u><i>anything</i></u> that could hold you </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e06666;">up into the London sky</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">was <b>taken</b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Except</i> for </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">our own <u>secret weapon</u>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e69138;">our huge muscles</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Oh <i>yes</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">we took turns <b>holding each other up.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Probably one of my </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">funniest</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">favorite </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #8e7cc3;">memories in London.</b><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Right when we were ready</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and <b>heading back </b>to the Centre for the night </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">we <i>had to stop</i> because <u>on the next boat</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">was</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>the Queen!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And just<i> how</i> did we know it was her?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think it was all of the <u>adorable kids</u> screaming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<b style="color: #e06666;">God Save the Queen!</b>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">at the <b>top of their lungs</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I absolutely <b>love</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">how much </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><i>her Majesty,</i></u><i><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> the Queen</span>.</b></i></span></div>
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Getting to back to the <b style="color: blue;">Tube</b> was </div>
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<i>crazy.</i></div>
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The rain was <u>pouring</u> down. </div>
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<i>Everywhere</i>,</div>
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<b>dancing and singing</b>.</div>
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I was <b>so completely soaked</b>, </div>
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I <i>didn't bother</i> putting my hood on,</div>
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and I <b>danced </b></div>
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and I <b style="color: #a64d79;"><i>sang </i></b></div>
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right along with them.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><i style="color: #e06666;">Happy Diamond Jubilee</i> and<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><i style="color: #3d85c6;">Happy Sunday</i> to Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>June 2</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do I love <b>soccer</b>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nay,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">do I love <i>football</i>?</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yes.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oh how I love <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">football</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My first team ever</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">was back in <b><span style="color: purple;">Washington</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We were called</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> the <b><i><span style="color: blue;">Breezers</span></i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do I have a <b>Pochahantas</b> hairtie in my <u>side ponytail</u>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once again,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>yes</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <i>loved</i> playing soccer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <u>still love</u> playing soccer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But now I can say </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love football in <u>England</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <i>most especially</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">National </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks to my buddy <b>Romm</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I got to<b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> dance like a fool</span></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">out of <i>pure excitedness</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">because he let me have one of his extra tickets</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">here...</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...<b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Wembley Stadium</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Or as I like to say in my<i> raps</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to make it rhyme with things...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(This was taken after I stopped</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">dancing to "<b>like a G6</b>"</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the <i>middle of the street.)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here I am with the kind man himself</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">just before the game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I felt like a little kid at <b>Disneyland.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have been <u>dreaming</u> of going to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Wembley </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>ever since I can remember</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And <i>probably</i> since<u> even before</u> I can remember.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks again <b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Romm</span></b>,</span> </div>
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you're the best!</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">It all started with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">"<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">God Save the Queen</span></b>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Attached to everyone's seat was a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">piece of <b><span style="color: red;">red</span></b> or <b>white</b> paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We were asked to hold them up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">when the <i>national anthem</i> started to play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And when we all did</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">it made<b> the England flag</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have to admit I felt some <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">British pride</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>Just</i> a tid bit :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here's the <b><span style="color: blue;">England</span></b> <i>vs.</i> <b><span style="color: red;">Belgium</span></b> lineup before the game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And it wasn't too long until </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And that's the way the score stayed for the rest of the game </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Cheers to England!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">I was happy with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Oh yes indeedy I was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>But</i>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><u>one thing</u> I've learned about London</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">is to <b><span style="color: #674ea7;">expect the unexpected</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>Everything</i> here is <b>unreal</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Like seeing <b><span style="font-size: large;">David Beckham</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and my <u>personal favorite moment</u> of the night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">seeing my <i><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">main squeeze</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">Wayne Rooney</span></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here he is reppin the <b>2-0</b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Listening to the crowds cheer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<b>Rooney, Rooney, <i><span style="color: red;">Rooney</span></i></b>!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">was <u>so much fun</u>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Except I didn't just listen, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <b>cheered</b>,</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">loudly.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And I was so excited, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm pretty sure even <u>Rooney himself</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">may have been able to hear me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">At least <b><span style="color: blue;">I hope so.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was such an <u>amazing</u> night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <i>can't wait</i> until I get to come back</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">only <b>1 week from today</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to see some more of my favorite</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b><span style="color: #e69138;">playahs</span></b></i>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...also known as...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">J Beibs</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Usher</span></b>, <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Jessie J</span></b> and <b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Coldplay.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you Wembley!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-89200828684006648962012-06-08T16:35:00.003-07:002012-06-08T16:36:15.995-07:00Peeta enjoys runs through Hyde Park, Double-decker buses and a nice cup of Fro-Yo<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">June 1</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Seriously</i>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">where did <u><b>May</b></u> go?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">June is a <i>big month</i> for me too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I come <b style="color: #e06666;">home</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I start my <b style="color: #3d85c6;">internship</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and I get to work on <i>wedding plans</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">no no not me, I didn't meet a British man :)</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">they're for my <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">big brother and his adorable wife-to-be, Casey</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I started out the day with a </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>run</u> through <b>Hyde Park</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>flyin' solo</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">First song to kick it all off?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<b>What Makes You Beautiful</b>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Oh <i><b><span style="color: blue;">One Direction</span></b></i>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">MaCall and I think <i>you </i>are beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have come to<i> love</i> Hyde Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This part is <b>my favorite</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Plus, remember the picture of the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>awkward hugging bears</u> statue,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">the ones I named <b style="color: #e06666;">Polly</b> and<b style="color: #6aa84f;"> Rufus</b>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">They live just <i>right around</i> the corner.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">I <i>had to</i> stop here for a minute </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and just walk around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I love <b>the fountains</b>, the <i>people </i>there, and the view of the pond.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">All the while thinking of <b style="color: #e69138;">Wordsworth's words</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Dull would he be of soul who could <i>pass by</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A sight <u>so touching</u> in its <b>majesty</b>." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've had <i>a lot of moments</i> like that here</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">where I've just had to <b>stop and look around</b>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e06666;">reminding myself of where I am</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Kinda like a <u>remix</u> of "<i>Stop in the name of love</i>,"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">but more like</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Stop in the <b>name of London</b>, before it's <i>June 14th</i>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today I also went to <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Greenwich</b>!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">That was one of the things on my list to do.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">We <i>took a boat</i> there and everything!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This is <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">Amanda</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and I think she is<i> soooo</i> sweet.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Plus she's going to the <b>Summertime Ball</b> with</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #ea9999;">MaCall</b>, <b style="color: #f6b26b;">Lauren</b> and<b style="color: #ffd966;"> I</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">:) </span><br />
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And see these <b style="color: #e06666;">shoes</b>...<br />
and these <i>feet</i>...<br />
they have <u>walked</u><br />
and walked,<br />
and <i>walked </i><br />
<i>everywhere</i>.<br />
(with <i>much</i> <b style="color: blue;">swagger</b> nonetheless)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>First</b></i> stop?</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Food.</span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: small;">That's been a fun experience here.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">We try to <u>never go to the same place twice</u>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">And <i>this</i> place...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">well I don't think we'll<b> ever</b> see</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> one like <i>this</i> again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;">The Big Red.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><i>Yummiest</i> Margarita pizza</span></span></span><br />
<u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">and</span></span></span></u><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">in a <b>double-decker bus. </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">I highly enjoyed myself.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b>And then...</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">...<i>cue</i> <b style="color: #a64d79;">movie trailer soundtrack</b>...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">we stepped on the<b style="color: #0b5394;"> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Prime Meridian </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> That's where the <u>line of longitude</u> is defined as</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><b>zero.</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">We couldn't stop laughing while we took this</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">for some reason.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">I guess that line is just <b>a good joke teller</b>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">And here's the<b style="color: #e06666;"> Jader-bug</b> and I!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">She calls me <i><b>Kesley</b></i>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">We've decided we can give each other </span></span></span><br />
<u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">nick-names</span></span></span></u><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">since we're just that <i>tight</i>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">We're <b>top bunk buddies</b> and </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">she <b style="color: #6aa84f;">wakes me up</b> in the morning</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">since I am <i>without an alarm clock</i>.</span></span></span><br />
<b style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;">I just love her.</span></b></div>
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<b style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">When we got <i>back to London</i>,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">there was only one thing on our mind...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><strike>homework,</strike></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><strike>working out,</strike></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>frozen yogurt</b>!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><strike> </strike>Never,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I mean <i>never</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">has frozen yogurt ever been <u>so full</u></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">of<b> such deliciousness</b>!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="color: #ea9999;">Strawberries</b>, <b style="color: #6aa84f;">kiwis</b>, <b style="color: #e69138;">mangoes</b> and <b style="color: #0b5394;">blueberries</b>?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Yes, <i>please</i>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">And what <i>better way</i> to end the night</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Peter Pan</b>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I would have written </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">"<b style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>Peeta</i></b>"</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">because that way it <i>sounds more British</i>...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><u>but</u></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> now that <b>Hunger Games</b> are</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;">swooping </b>the nation</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">that's not the <i>first</i> thought.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">No, no.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;">Peeta </b><b><strike>equals </strike></b><i>British Peter</i>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;">Peeta</b> <b>equals</b> <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">Katniss Baker Boy</b>.</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Today was <u>so much fun</u>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I really have learned that </span></span></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">nothing</span></span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">is <u>ever </u></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><i>a waste of time</i>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">We can <b style="color: #e06666;">choose how we remember</b> our time.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">And I plan on remembering it</span></span></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">all</span></span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="color: #8e7cc3;">with a smile</b>.</span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Covent Garden,</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'd <i>have to </i>agree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think <b style="color: #e06666;">Britain is sweet.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">:)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">All of my journeys have helped me to see that</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">about you, Britain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You <i>literally taste </i>sweet too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>I know</u>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have eaten </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>almost every kind</i> of <b style="color: #e69138;">ice cream </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and<i> treat</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you have to offer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And <i>even </i>your non-sweet treats</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">make me <b style="color: #ffd966;">so so happy</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Like <i>this</i> <u>delicious</u> grilled lamb sandwich </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">from the market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Or even the kinds of <i>special </i>treats</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">around every corner in <b>Covent Garden </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">that <u>aren't</u> meant for eating...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Like <b style="color: #c27ba0;">street performers</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This <b>string quartet</b> was my favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">They <i>danced</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>I smiled</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and together we shared a <u>beautiful</u>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;">happy moment.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Not so much with </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<b style="color: #e06666;">Footloose Felicity</b>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">She<strike> kinda </strike>scared us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There's <b style="color: #3d85c6;">Kristen</b> and<b style="color: blue;"> I</b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...and there's <i>Footloose Felicity </i>in the back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And the <i>sweetest treat of all</i>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Being able <b>to see and be</b> in Covent Garden</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">with people that <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">I love so much</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is <b style="color: #6fa8dc;">Madeleine.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's been <u>her dream</u> to come here for so long now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Every time she would start to sing,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Wouldn't it be <i><b>lovely</b></i>,"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">like <b style="color: #e06666;">Audrey Hepburn</b>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>I </u>would think back to the <b style="color: #ffd966;">Beach Boys</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(and <i>Fifty First Dates</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and sing,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Wouldn't it be <i><b>nice</b></i>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">All in all, <i>I do say</i>, it turned into being</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> quite the swell <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">mash-up</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Covent Garden was <u>full</u> of treats</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and so was <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Hatchard's</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That place is <i>the oldest book store in London,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">dating way back to <b>1797</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i>Woah</i></b> baby.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I wanted to get something there but <u> </u></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><u>I just didn't know</u> what...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">until I saw <i><b style="color: #ea9999;">a certain pink book</b></i> on the shelf.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<b style="color: #8e7cc3;">The Little Princess</b>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">is it's name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've never read the book,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">but <b>my Dad and I</b> would watch the movie <u>together</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>all the time </i>when I was little.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">He'd then kiss me on the forehead and say,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">You know, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">you're </span><b style="color: #6fa8dc;"><i>my</i></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> little princess</span>."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am <i>so</i> grateful for my Dad.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I can't wait to<b> read</b> this book</span><br />
<u><span style="font-size: small;">on the flight home</span></u><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">right before <b style="color: #674ea7;">I get to see my Dad again</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> It will be <u>hard</u> to leave London,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">but there really is</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: red;">no place like home</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tonight we decided to go see</span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: blue;">Singin' in the Rain</b>.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">That's <i>one</i> thing <b style="color: red;">I really love </b>about London.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's so <b><i>nifty</i></b> to be sitting in the Centre <i>one minute</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">with <u>no plans</u> for the night</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and <b>the next</b> be in <i>downtown London</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">in<b style="color: black;"> balcony seats</b><b style="color: black;"> </b>for a show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Singin' in the Rain</b>...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">one of <i>the best </i>performances </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I have<u> ever</u> seen.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">It was just so fun!</span><span style="font-size: small;">I cried at the end from </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>laughing</i> and</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e06666;">smiling so much</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">And when I left,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">it <u>wasn't </u>raining,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">but<i> boy oh boy</i> did I<b style="color: #3d85c6;"> dance and sing</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">the <i>whole way </i>home.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I was happy,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I <b>am</b> <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">happy</b>...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">And <i style="color: #6aa84f;">I want everyone to be happy too</i>. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">ba bum, ba ba bum, ba da da</span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">That is the <u>best attempt </u>I can make</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">at the <b>Harry Potter theme song</b>. </span></span></span></div>
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And I know it<i> pretty</i> well</div>
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not only because <b style="color: #0b5394;">I love Harry Potter</b></div>
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but because it has been my roommate <b>Cami's ring tone</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> just about <i>as long as I can remember</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today I felt like a<i> little kid</i> at <b style="color: #f1c232;">Disneyland</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I tell you, if someone were to ever say to me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<i>Kelsey</i>, you just won the<u> Superbowl</u>, what's next?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I would reply,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I'm going back to see the <b>HP</b> studio!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Yep</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I stand by my statement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was<i> that </i><b>awesome</b>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It took us a little while to get there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The <i><b>magic all started </b></i>right when we got off the train.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>First</u> double-decker bus experience in London,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and it's <i>decked out</i> in<b> Harry Potter excited-ness</b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am <i>more than okay</i> with that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's <b style="color: #e06666;">Jaden,</b> <b style="color: #e69138;">me</b>, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kayley</span></b> and <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">Amanda</b> in front of it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's too bad the actual <b>Knight Bus</b> couldn't come </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and pick us up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But <i>no worries</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we saw <u>that one</u> later. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here are our tickets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mine has <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Doby</b> on it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">My <b>favorite line</b> of his would have to be, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Doby never meant to kill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Doby only meant to <i>maim </i>or <b>seriously injure</b>." </span></span></div>
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The Warner Bros Studio Tour,</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><b><i>The Making of Harry Potter</i></b></span>,</div>
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was <b><u>incredible</u></b>.<br />
It was created to<br />
"make the <i>magical world</i> more <u>real</u>,<br />
and <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">the real world more magical</b>."<br />
And <i>oh boy oberto</i>,<br />
it certainly did <u>just that</u><br />
and maybe even <i>a little more</i>.<br />
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Let me just start by saying that these <i>aren't replicas</i>.</div>
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No no.</div>
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<b>They are the real deal.</b></div>
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The <i>real</i> <b>Great Hall</b>,</div>
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the real <b>Yule Ball</b> attire, </div>
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the real <b style="color: #cc0000;">Gryffindor Boy's Dormitory</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and even,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">the real <b>Doby himself!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">His parting words:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<b style="color: #6fa8dc;"><i>Such a beautiful place to be with friends..</i>.</b>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I say with <i><b>no shame</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that <i>I cried</i> when he died. <i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div>
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<u>I stood where they all stood.</u></div>
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Well, I <b style="color: #e06666;">danced</b> where they stood.</div>
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I was <i>too happy and excited</i> to just stand there. </div>
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Other <b>dance worthy moments</b>...</div>
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Goin up to see <b>Mr. Dumbledore</b>.<br />
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<b style="color: #3d85c6;">Triwizard cup</b>, <i>anyone</i>?<br />
Oh! And the <u>egg</u> that tells Harry about<br />
the <i>creepy mermaids</i> in the lake.</div>
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"<b style="color: #6aa84f;">Magic is Might</b>"</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Oh Puddle</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>Always</u> trying to knock us <b><i>muggles</i></b> down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And here's the scary one who started it all...</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Voldemort. </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> "And his name is <u>Voldemort</u>, so you might as well use it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">He's going to try and kill you either way."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #ea9999;">Power to you McGonagall</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sorry McGonagall,</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but the <b>Knight Bus</b> got to me first. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">:)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I <i>love</i> the Knight Bus.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Of course, we had to <u>toast to it </u>with some yummy <b style="color: #3d85c6;">Butter Beer</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Here I am with <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Tiffany</span>, <span style="color: #e69138;">Amanda</span>, <span style="color: #f1c232;">Jaden</span>, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kayley</span>, <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Whitney</span></b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span>and<b style="color: #674ea7;"> Kayley.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I simply love them. </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another epic picture of us all?</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ello <b>Potter Cottage</b></span></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Note the <i>invisible wands </i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">in action</span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in each of our hands.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And <i>this here</i> is where our catchy phrase,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Rain or shine, it's Potter time!"</span></b></span></div>
<u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">came to life.</span></span></u><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We booked it through the <b>pouring rain</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to stand here,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> at the house on <i>Privet Drive. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course, if we had just <i>waited</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>30 more seconds</b>,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the rain would have stopped.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And yet <u>of course</u>, we <i>couldn't wait</i>. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was just too hard to <b>resist</b>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Kinda like asking that little <b style="color: #cc0000;">shrimpy guy</b> in <i>Nemo</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">to stop cleaning the tank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<i>Not gon' happen</i>."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But <i>we did </i>wait a minute,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <b style="color: #674ea7;"><i>we got this</i></b>...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">one of <u>my very favorite</u> pictures of the day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Twins at <b>Hogwarts Bridge</b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with this lovely bird <b style="color: purple;">Amanda.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Teaching the little murderous chess piece</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">about <b><i>prayer</i></b>? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Nooo</i>,</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">just<b style="color: #e06666;"> imitating him.</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">:)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And <i>of course,</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>never</u> can forget</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Diagon Alley.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and the most <i>emotional </i>part of it all,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(yes, I do believe <u>we all cried</u>) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">the <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Hogwarts Castle </b>model</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">used in all the spanning castle shots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Just imagine</i> coming out of <b style="color: #3d85c6;">Diagon Alley</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">walking around the corner</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and seeing</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">this.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>Soundtrack music included.</u> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And to<i> finish it all off</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">this was the <b>quote</b> that sent us back</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">into<b style="color: #8e7cc3;"> the real world</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(Although now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm <i>pretty positive </i><b>Hogwarts does exist</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">somewhere.)</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...</span>..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">"The stories we love best</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>do</i> live in us forever,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">so whether you come back by</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>page</b> or by <b>the big screen</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hogwarts will<i> always </i>be there </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;">to welcome you home</b>."</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-J.K. Rowling</span></span></b><br />
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-41664673296848888882012-06-01T13:55:00.002-07:002012-06-01T13:56:00.106-07:00Mufasa, I think I met your cousin!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">May 28 </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This morning we had our <u>history midterm</u>-</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've decided <i>not to dwell</i> on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But I hope to <b>always remember</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: blue;">Trent </b>and his remarks on the <b style="color: red;">Google doc</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<u>Nothing</u> irritates me more than <i>lots of things </i><b>students</b> do."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Oh how I will <u>miss</u> the<b><i> </i></b><i>London Centre</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and all the <b>fun</b> people here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After the midterm, we just had to get out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Off to the<i> National Portrait Gallery!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And then I<i> had</i> to<b style="color: #c27ba0;"> play</b> in <b>Trafalgar Square</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">because it's the closest thing to a </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">that I've found.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've <u>put up to vote</u> the name of</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Mr. T</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">for this fine lion here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">At<i> first</i> it was Mr. T as in Mr. <b>Trafalgar</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But now, it's just Mr. T as in,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<b>I pity the fool.</b>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Because I'm <i>pretty sure</i> this lion would say</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">"</span><b style="color: #e69138;">I pity the fools who </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e69138;">just to sit on my back</b><span style="color: #e69138;">."</span></span></div>
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Here's <b>MaCall</b> and <b>I</b> just sitting </div>
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...on the <b>edge of glory </b>even?</div>
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It was a <b style="color: #ea9999;"><i>beautiful </i></b>day!</div>
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The views here <b>always</b> take my breath away :)</div>
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My<i> favorite</i> view of the day though</div>
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<b><i>Classic</i> <span style="color: #0b5394;">Asian Invasion</span>.</b> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Later on tonight we went to see</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;">Wicked.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>If you were to<span style="color: #674ea7;"> personally</span> ask me</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">what my <u>favorite</u> part of Wicked was</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I would say</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i> Elphaba's <b style="color: #3d85c6;">awkward dancing</b> scene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The<b> theater scene</b> here is </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>so different</i> than back in the states.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The theater was <u>hardly full</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">so after intermission we moved up </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">for some <b>better seats.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think now would be the <i>best</i> time to say,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Dear <b style="color: #0b5394;">London</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">and <b style="color: #a64d79;"><i>everyone</i></b> here,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Because I knew you, I have been <i>changed</i> for <u><b>good</b></u>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Thank you</i> for that :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><b>May 29</b></span></div>
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Woahhh Baby.</div>
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Class for<b> 6 hours</b> is <u>rough</u>.</div>
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It was like being back in <b><span style="color: #f1c232;">elementary school</span></b></div>
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but <i>without </i></div>
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snack breaks,</div>
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<b>recess</b>,</div>
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naptime</div>
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or </div>
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<b>joy</b>.</div>
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Just kidding, I <i>still</i> felt joyful...</div>
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I'm in <b style="color: #0b5394;">London </b>:)</div>
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Tonight...</div>
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the <b style="color: #e06666;">girls just wanted to have fun.</b></div>
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And what better way to have fun,</div>
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than to go to <b>Piccadilly Circus</b></div>
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<b>... </b></div>
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and see<b style="color: #38761d;"> Zac Efron</b>?</div>
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<i>Well</i>, </div>
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see him in </div>
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"<b>The Lucky One.</b>"</div>
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<u>First </u>on my list though-</div>
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<i><b>Lillywhites.</b></i></div>
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I bought an <b style="color: red;">England</b> jersey.</div>
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<i>Why Engand?</i></div>
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Because <u>this Saturday</u></div>
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I will be at <b>Wembley Stadium</b></div>
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with Spence, Romm and Cree</div>
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cheering on at a <b style="color: #0b5394;">white-out football match</b></div>
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between </div>
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<b>England</b> and <b>Belgium.</b></div>
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I am <b>stoked for this</b>.</div>
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<b style="color: #674ea7;">Thank you</b> for having a birthday <b style="color: #38761d;">Romm</b> </div>
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<i>Ohh</i> Piccadilly Circus.</div>
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At night, you are oh so filled</div>
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with <i><b>dodgy chaps.</b></i></div>
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One specific bloke kept <i>following </i>me</div>
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talking about a night club, </div>
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and <u>asking where I was from</u>.</div>
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Finally I just said, </div>
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"<b style="color: #e06666;">Nowhere</b>."</div>
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And he replied,</div>
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"Oh, <b style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>Norway</i></b>!"</div>
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All I could think of was "<b>A Cinderella Story</b>"</div>
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<u>Quote:</u> </div>
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"You know, it costs a <i>fortune</i> to fly in that stuff from</div>
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<b>Norwegia.</b><span style="color: black;">"</span> </div>
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And I just couldn't just help but <b>laugh</b>.</div>
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<i>Always</i> an <b>adventure</b> in <b><span style="color: #674ea7;">London town</span></b>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-28011850454814239662012-05-31T17:07:00.000-07:002012-05-31T17:07:08.112-07:00Food, Glorious Food<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...and you thought I was <i>joking</i>, huh?</div>
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:)</div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><b>Borough Market</b></span>-</div>
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<b>You</b></div>
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are a glorious place.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And it's <u>not just</u> the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">food,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>glorious</i> food,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e06666;">oooh no</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's the...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">...<u>the</u>.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">...<i>the</i>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strike>(The Grinch!)</strike></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>everything</i></b>.</span></div>
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I <u><b>love</b></u> the <i>massive amounts of people</i>,</div>
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the <b style="color: #6aa84f;">bulging eyes</b> when people see a <b>hunk </b>of bread on the counter,</div>
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the <u>samples</u>,</div>
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the <b>freshly squeezed juices</b>,</div>
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and <i>even</i></div>
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the <i>silly tourists</i> there who take <b style="color: #351c75;">pictures</b> of </div>
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<u>everything</u></div>
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<b style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>just</i> like me.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Like these <i>yummy</i> snacks I just bought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I couldn't <b><i>just</i></b> <u>buy</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #f1c232;">honey cashews</b> and </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">chocolate</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">cinnamon</span></b></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: small;">covered</span></u></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">almonds.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>Absurd</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I <i>had to</i> take a picture and <u>document</u> such an </span></div>
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Or like this time I saw <i>this</i> sign</div>
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and all I could think of was <b style="color: #0b5394;">Aerosmith</b></div>
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and <i>me singing</i> into a spatula</div>
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while my<b> dad plays</b> the <b style="color: #6aa84f;">air guitar</b>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Okay</b></i> now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">that was probably the <u>peak</u> of my </span></div>
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<strike style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">during this whole study abroad </span></strike><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Other <u><b>photo worthy moments</b></u> of the day...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Eating a <span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><b>kangaroo</b></span> burger</span></div>
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...well that was sure <i>tasty</i></div>
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and <u>quite</u> the <b>experience</b>.</div>
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Taking pictures</div>
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<i>just because </i>the <b style="color: red;">Union Jack</b> is present.</div>
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It's <b style="color: blue;">Jubilee Weekend</b> so flags are everywhere!</div>
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Or even <u>meaning</u> to take a picture</div>
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of my <b style="color: #ea9999;">scrumptious raspberries</b>...</div>
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but <b>not </b>remembering<i> until</i> they're all pretty much <b>gone</b>.</div>
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Maybe that's why my <u>smile</u> is so big,</div>
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because<b><i> I ate them all</i></b>.</div>
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<b>Food for thought...</b></div>
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Next we went to <b style="color: #38761d;">Harrods</b>.</div>
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It was more of a <i>museum</i> than a store to me.</div>
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The prices were just so out of reach</div>
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that I felt like I <u>couldn't touch </u>anything.</div>
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You could <i>even</i> say the prices went to</div>
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<b>Infinity and Beyond!</b></div>
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Yes, he is <i>completely</i> built of <b>Legos</b>.<br />
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That place is like...<i><b>a whole new world</b></i>. </div>
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I also decided to be <i>clever</i></div>
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(yes, decided-it <u>doesn't </u>happen naturally) <i><br /></i></div>
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and make it look like I was <b>in </b>their magazine.</div>
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<i><b>Trickster.</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Later on I went to the<b style="color: #6aa84f;"> Champion pub</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">with my buddies <b>Trent, Romm and MaCall.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We watched the <u>England vs. Norway</u> football game</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and <b style="color: blue;">England won</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then to <i>celebrate</i> our victory</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">we all sipped through individual straws</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">from <b>a single cup</b> of</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">our <i>non alcoholic</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>diet coke</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>beverage</b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">at <i style="color: #674ea7;">the same time</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Seal of the friendship. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was nice to do some of the<b> local</b> stuff today. <b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I like being,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>pretending to be</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: red;">British</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-73920504916965210282012-05-30T17:58:00.001-07:002012-05-30T17:58:07.358-07:00I love Old York<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><b>May 25</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">York certainly <i>wasn't</i> quiet in the morning,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and I liked it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I liked it <b>a whole lot</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">it <i>was</i> quiet at the <u>first</u> place we visited...<br />Wassup <b style="color: #3d85c6;">York Minster.</b></span></div>
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I <i>really liked it</i> in there.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you'll get to go inside someday too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>York</b></i></span>...</div>
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you are one <b style="color: #e06666;">happenin' </b>place.</div>
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I dare say, you are <i>one of my favorites.</i> </div>
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Maybe it was all the <b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">delicious chocolate</span>.</b>..</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Thank you <b>Thorntons </b>Chocolates!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">or maybe even possibly..</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the <b style="color: #e69138;">Ostrich burgers</b>...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">mmm...or was it even the market</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">where there are lots of </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">good treats</span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <b style="color: #e06666;"><i>yummy eats</i></b>?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the words of <i>mah boys</i> <b>T-Pain</b> and <b>Maino</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> ...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;">"all the above"</b></span></span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Really, </span></span></span></span></span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">York is <u>such a cool place</u>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'd <i>like to </i>imagine that <b style="color: #0b5394;">Harry Potter</b> comes here</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">for a nice escape from <i>wizarding pressures. </i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Or <b style="color: #6fa8dc;">One Direction</b>?</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't know,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">just someone<b> British</b> <i>and</i> <u>famous</u> I guess. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Famous like <i>this street</i>...</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's called </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the <b style="color: blue;">Shambles</b>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> But none of this could even prepare me </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">for </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jamie.</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yep, <u>I met a British man</u>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We were going <b>to run off together</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">but</span></span></span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">..... </span></span></span></span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> I made him let go of my hand.</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I just couldn't let him give up his</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>fun tricks</b> and <i>shows</i>!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That would be...</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>well</i>...</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">just <u><b>not</b> okay</u>. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I started as an <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">innocent bystander</b>,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>laughing along</i> with the crowd</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">when he'd <u>drag on </u>his stories for </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">wayyyyy too long</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">before getting on to his trick.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then <i>somehow</i>,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was picked out of that crowd</span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">to <b>throw knives at him</b> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">while he sat on top of an </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;">8-foot-tall-unicycle. </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />I do not <i>retract</i> the statement that </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I tend to <u>"throw like a girl"</u>,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">but I did <i>okay </i>at sending</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">sharp blades</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>8 feet up </b>into the air.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">See how he's holding them </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>all the way</b> up <i>there</i>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That must mean I did<i> something </i>right.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I did a little <i>awkward</i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kelsey </span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>dance</u>/<b>bow</b>/"<i>thank you for being here today</i>"</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;">jig.</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: black;">:) </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">we made our way <u>back to the coach</u></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and<i> onward</i>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Oh yes, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">we went to<b style="color: #6aa84f;"> Fountains Abbey</b>.</span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: black;"> </b><span style="color: black;">I was <i>blown away</i> by the ruins there</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and the <u>relevancy</u> of the song</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">"<b>Build me up Buttercup</b>."</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Just check out <i>how many</i> they have! </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: black;"> </b><span style="color: black;">After being at <i>a place like this</i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">it was <u>rough</u> to get back on the coach.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">But you know what,</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">it's always <i>so</i> nice to be back <b>home</b>-</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Back in London.</span></b></i></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Northern Trip</b>=<b style="color: #674ea7;">success </b>:) </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">May 23</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today, would be <i>the</i> day </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would arrive in <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Scotland</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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I can't believe this part of the study abroad is</div>
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<i>already </i></div>
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<b>here</b>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Before</i> getting on the road again </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and leaving <b>Ambleside </b>behind,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">it was time for <i>another</i> hike.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">I even got to be like a ballerina,</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">tip-toeing across the river</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">on these nice rocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Later<b style="color: #e06666;"> MaCall </b>and <b style="color: blue;">I </b>even found this lovely fountain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">It was <i>refreshing</i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Just like <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Sprite</b>.</span><br />
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Back on the coach.</div>
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<b><i>Choo chooo</i></b>!</div>
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Well, it doesn't make <i>that </i>noise...like I wish it did.</div>
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But our coach driver,</div>
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<b style="color: #8e7cc3;">Mr. Peter</b>,</div>
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he was pretty snazzy.</div>
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He always just says, </div>
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"<b>Okay</b>,"</div>
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when people say<i> thank you.</i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It makes me smile...a lot :)</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">We got to stop at this <i>mysterious</i> <b>stone circle</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">called <b style="color: #3d85c6;">Castlerigg</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">Chyea, if it were celebrating <u>its first birthday</u>,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">Stonehenge <i>wouldn't</i> have been invited.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">That's right.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><u><i>Castlerigg is even older</i></u>. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It only seemed <i>appropriate</i> to do some <b style="color: purple;">planking</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Time for <b>Scotland</b>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>I do think so.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We headed to <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Edinburgh</b> and went straight to our</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Oh yes, <i>that's right</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My bed had a number on it...3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">I felt like <b>Jean Val Jean</b> in <u>Les Miserables</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'd rather<b> not </b>dwell on that experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But I do feel like we should each get some kind of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">for sticking it out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Edinburgh impressed me that first day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>My, oh my</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I even got to go to </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Elephant House Cafe</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">know what<i> that</i> is?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">It's the <b>Birthplace</b> of <b style="color: #e69138;">Harry Potter</b>! </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was here that <b>J.K. Rowling sat</b>, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">looked <i>longingly</i> out the window at <b style="color: purple;">the famous castle</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and started her <u>brainstorming</u> for the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>greatest series ever!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I tried to have the <i>seriousness </i>of the moment</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">reflected<b style="color: #674ea7;"> in my very soul.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That only lasted a<i>bout a second</i> though...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">until I found <u>this</u> awesome elephant chair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Elephants are <i>my favorite </i>animals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Shout out to my <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Squirt</span> </b>:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And then <b>the hikes <i>continued</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After a delicious, <i>delectable</i>, <b style="color: #ea9999;">mmm-tastic</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">piece of chocolate cake </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">my buddy Cree and I walked up to the top of </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Calton Hill.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That place was beautiful and all</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">but I was blown away when we reached </span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Arthur's Seat.</span></b></span><br />
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I had a bit of a moment up there.</div>
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I've never felt <i>so</i><b> <span style="color: #674ea7;">small</span> </b>in my whole life,</div>
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and<i> yet</i> so<b style="color: #3d85c6;"> <span style="color: #0b5394;">important</span> </b>at the same time.</div>
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<u>I know</u> that <b>Heavenly Father</b> <i>knows</i> who I am</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and<i style="color: #6aa84f;"> he knows who you are too</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is me writing this all down.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course <i>I couldn't help</i> but <b>smile</b> at the thought of that.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">May 24</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Oooh </i>Smartcity hostels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for the <u>interesting</u> night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I will miss the <b>singing outside my window</b> all night long.</span></span></div>
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<b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Good morning Edinburgh!</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We started off the day with a tour from </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">this nice-old-man in his <b style="color: #6aa84f;">kilt.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He likes to make <b>jokes</b>...<i>a lot</i> of jokes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Us <b><i>wee lasses </i></b>couldn't do much more laughin</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">by the end of that tour.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The castle was sweet though.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I kept trying to spot<i style="color: #f1c232;"><b> Rapunzel</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but then again,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">she <u>ran off </u>with <b style="color: #6fa8dc;">Mistah Flynn Rider.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See that crazy cool place below MaCall and I?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That's <b>Edinburgh</b>...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and a delightful old couple.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">So<i> tender</i>!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">And of course we had to get a picture<b> like this.</b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">It was fun to catch them </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">when they were just walking around.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;"><b>We were allowed to talk </b>with them and everything!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;"><i>Deluxe.</i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;"> And I just like their <b>outfits</b>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">Toga parties, <i>really</i>?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;"> How about we <b style="color: #6aa84f;">bring out the kilts</b>!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span><b style="color: #6fa8dc;"><br /></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #6fa8dc;"> </b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">We had the rest of the day <u>to just wander</u>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">Wandering is <i>different</i> here in the UK.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">When you get lost here,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">it's <u>not</u> scary.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">It's just beautiful.</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">So if someone yelled to me</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">"<b>Get <i>lost</i>!</b>"</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">I'd say...</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">"<b style="color: #e06666;">Alrighty chap, I accept your challenge."</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #6fa8dc;"> </b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">Tonight, we drove out to <b>York</b>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">The city was <u>quiet</u></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">as we dipped in and out of <b style="color: #674ea7;">alley ways</b>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">I think the best part of tonight was </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">pulling into the <b style="color: #0b5394;">Holiday Inn</b>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">Kate and I just<i> ran</i>, <b>jumped</b> on the bed</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">and layed there for a minute.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">Secret?</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">I took the pen from the room to remind me of the</span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">pure bliss</span></span></b></i></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">I felt when seeing this clean, </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;"><i>toe-nail-clipping-free </i>room.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">Really, <b>happiness is in everything</b>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;">And now it's in my Holiday Inn pen.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #6fa8dc;">Tomorrow...York time.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wonder if they have <b>peppermint patties</b>... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">:)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Woahhh</i> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>baby</b></span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grab your nearest <b><i style="color: #8e7cc3;">fairy tale</i></b> book,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">read to me the scenery,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>yep</i>, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>that's where I am right now</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><b>Ambleside</b></span> has got to be </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">one of </span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the </span></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">most</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">beautiful places </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have <i>ever </i>been. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's <u>impossible for me</u> to not just want to </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">frolic</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">around here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Actually, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did that<i> a few times</i> today</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">How about I start with <i>yesterday</i>?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">I think<b style="color: #a64d79;"> </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #a64d79;">I shall</b>!</span></span></div>
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<b style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">May 21</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">It all started out with a<u><i> long </i></u>coach ride. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I like listening to<b> music</b> on the coach.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">It helps pass the time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Plus MaCall and I discovered that we don't need </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">no choreographer<b> to break it down.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">We just happen to know <i>all the same</i> moves</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">and do them at the same times.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><i>Watch out</i> <b style="color: #e69138;">Chris Brown</b>.</span></div>
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Today was <i>really</i> something.</div>
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We actually got to go...</div>
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<i><b>oh boy</b></i>...</div>
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<u>inside</u></div>
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the <b style="color: #674ea7;">England </b></div>
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<b>Missionary Training Center</b></div>
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for</div>
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<b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</span></b>.</div>
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That place is <i>slick.</i></div>
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I <b>love</b> missionary work.</div>
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It was so cool to actually get <u>to go inside</u> and see </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">where <b style="color: #a64d79;">the best two years</b> all begin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Just up the street was <b style="color: #6fa8dc;">the Preston Temple</b> too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I find it <i>quite</i> beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's <b style="color: #e06666;">MaCall </b>and<b style="color: #f1c232;"> I</b>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We decided to keep with the church theme </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and head on over to the <b style="color: #3d85c6;">River Ribble</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">where <u>some of the first members</u> of the church were baptized.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There<i> really</i> is a spirit there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love this gospel...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">People <b style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>ran</i></b> to this river to be the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>first </u>members in England to be <b>baptized</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We also got to go to this <b><i>beautiful</i></b> garden just nearby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I felt like I was in the garden in <b><i>Mulan</i></b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here I am with <b style="color: #e06666;">Kristen </b>and <b style="color: #3d85c6;">Whitney</b>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When we finally got to <b>Ambleside</b>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">we all got checked into our hotels, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and then we split off into <i>two different groups</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so as to not <i>completely</i> <u>overwhelm </u><b style="color: #8e7cc3;">this quaint place.</b></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Storytime: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Everyone is staying in a Bed and Breakfast...a "<b style="color: #6aa84f;">B&B</b>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">yeah, we just got <i>one</i> <u>B</u>...<b>Bed</b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">actually, <b>Bed<i>s</i>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yes, somehow we ended up with <i>three </i>rooms</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and <b>eight </b>beds,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">just <i style="color: #e69138;">no breakfast</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No worries, <b>Madeleine, Kate, MaCall and I</b> are enjoying our stay :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And guess where we ate dinner at?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #45818e;">Dove Cottage</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chicka, <i>What</i>?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wordsworth<b> lived in this crib</b> back in the day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We started it off with <i>homemade</i> lemonade,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>brown sugar</b> included. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Our host also told us that<b style="color: #f1c232;"> <span style="color: black;">juice=squash</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So <i>really</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">we enjoyed a nice bit of <b style="color: #f1c232;">lemon squash</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Oh so British</b>, I like it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's my buddy <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Jared </b>and <b style="color: purple;">I </b>toasting to the <i>brilliant</i> <b>day</b>! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> This is <b style="color: #e06666;">Jaden</b>. She is really <u>spiffy</u>, and we like to say </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">like it's <i>super cool.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Okay, <b>it is</b> <i>super cool</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's worth a try next time you do a <b>fist pump</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Me and the lovely </span><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Madeleine</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> in <b>Wordsworth's backyard. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Being there,</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">I can see how he was inspired</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">to write <b>poems</b> like he did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Makes me wonder <u>what kind of environment</u></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: small;">Dr. Seuss</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>What in the world</i> was inspiring him? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Next we got to go see the <u>cemetary </u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">where some of the <b>Wordsworth's were buried</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have pictures of the graves, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">but it <i>kinda</i> scares me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So<b><i> rather</i></b>, I'll share with you this</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">of my buddy <b style="color: #0b5394;">Romm</b> and <b>I</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Really, I think the <b>awkwardness is effortless</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hey, Hey <b>Group A</b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After our time hangin out with Wordsworth</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">we were <b>set free</b> into<u> the wild</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We decided to take a stroll down to the<b style="color: #3d85c6;"> lake</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Holy snicker doodles</b>, it was oh so <i>appealing</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And then I decided to <b>stare down a duck</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #ea9999;">just for kicks</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">May 22</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Good morning<i> Ambleside</i>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I see why you have so many </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Beds and <b>Breakfasts</b>...<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">finding breakfast here is<b style="color: #e69138;"> <i>rough</i></b>. </span><b style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Nothing</i> opens here until<i> at least</i> <b>ten</b>. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm glad <b>you</b> get to sleep in though...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you had <b style="color: #3d85c6;">great dreams</b> this morning,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">maybe even of <i>penguins</i> and <b style="color: #6aa84f;">dinos </b><b><u>dancing</u></b>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We ended up finding a lil 7-11 type place called</span></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Greggs</span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and ate our meals on this<b style="color: #a64d79;"> lovely</b> wall</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">as the sheep <b style="color: #e06666;"><i>baaaahed</i></b> in the background.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Notice anything else <i>different </i>about this picture?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #e69138;">It's sunny out</b>!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oooh how<u> I love the sun</u>!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I now <i>better understand</i> why they use the song, </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<b style="color: #f1c232;">Here comes the sun</b>"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in <b>The Parent Trap</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when they go to<i> London</i>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Next it was off to <u>the Jerwood Centre</u>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">right next to Dove Cottage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was at this place,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and at this time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">that <b>a beautiful <i>rap</i> </b>was born. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I really <u>did like</u> hearing about <b>Woodsworth</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">getting to pass around <b style="color: #e06666;">first editions</b> of his poetry</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">but it all became<i> awkward </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">when our curator would hand around a book</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and just <b>sit in silence.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: blue;"><b>Hence</b></i>, one of the lines in our rap:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"</b></span>The <i>sun is out</i> and the <b>sheep are playing</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We're handing 'round <u>books</u> and <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">we just keep praying</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">that she'll <i>tell a joke</i> when it's quiet all around,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">'</span><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">awks</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">' is the word, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">hear a <b style="color: #93c47d;">pin drop </b>on the ground</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>"</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">-Lil Wulf-e and Tundra</span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Later</i>, it was time for a <b>hike</b>.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We did some<i> climbing</i>...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I do recall some girls bustin' out </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"<b style="color: #45818e;">It's the Climb</b>"</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">by <u>Miley Cyrus</u></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">at some point in the journey.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Always, makes for a fun memory.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> This is </span><b style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jessica</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. She's my </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">bunk mate</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> back at the Centre.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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It was a </div>
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<b><span style="color: #e06666;">Walk to Remember</span>.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I<i> felt </i>like i was in<i> Scotland</i> almost,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">but no, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">that would be our <b>next stop</b> on the trip :)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We did <u>another hike </u>later on.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We went to a <b>waterfall</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and decided it would be best to </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>walk through</i> the water</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">like </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>Katniss </i></b>on foot. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Of course</u> later we had to do some<b style="color: #8e7cc3;"> heel clicks</b> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">while coming back into town.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That was <i><b>absolutely </b></i><b><i>necessary</i></b>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I loved Ambleside</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="color: #e06666;">oh so much</i>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"It's all good and fun, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">here we'll <i>abide</i>,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just<b> rappin' and a rhymin</b>' </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Everyday </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">is passing by </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>faster</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>Seriously</b>, this week <u>flew by</u> like the</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">May 19</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Hey Hey <b>Parliament</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Yo place is <i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">niceeee.</span></i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">You have some <i>top of the line security</i> too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">MaCall has had a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>pocket knife</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">in her bag <u>everywhere</u> she's been,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and<i> no one</i> has cared yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Glad you're <b><span style="color: #e06666;">always looking out</span></b> for our<b> safety</b>.</span><br />
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Here's <b style="color: #ffd966;">MaCall</b> and <b style="color: blue;">I</b> </div>
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with one of your pleasant security guards. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Holla Holla <b>Big Ben</b> :) </span></div>
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You're <i>even cuter</i> in person!</div>
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I think <i>this</i> is <b><span style="color: red;">my favorite picture of us</span></b>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'll be back later to say<i> hello</i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I like this area of <b>London</b> too much </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to stay away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Plus, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I like the name Ben</span></b> :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next it was off to</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #ea9999;"><b> Camden Market</b></span><span style="color: #ea9999;">!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think I'm still <i>partial</i> to the <u>softer</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Portobello Road</b>...grape,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(yes, another <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Parent Trap</span></b> moment)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">but it was <i>still an awesome day</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>First</b>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">we took <u>the tube</u>-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>Always</i> an adventure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Plus now <b>I'm on the lookout for celebrities</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I will<b> miss </b>seeing </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and <i>hearing </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<b style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mind the Gap</span></b>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">every time I get on the tube.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's just <i>so much</i> kinder than,</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<b>Watch out man.</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You're going to <u>fall</u> in the <i>giant hole below</i>."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Anyway</b></i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">once at Camden we decided it would be <u>best</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">to look around and then </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">get some <b>yummy food</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Chinese for 3.50 was our answer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And it was <b style="color: #c27ba0;"><i>certainly delicious</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here I am with <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Kate</span></b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We did a lil' <b style="color: #6aa84f;">boot skoot and boogie</b> down the street</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and just look at what I found :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> I was <b style="color: #3d85c6;">uber</b> <u>excited</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My <b>big brother who I love dearly</b> served his mission there</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">our family<i> gets to go</i> there in August.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Word G-Money</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We did some <i>lookin around </i>and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">listened to the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">funny,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>dodgy</b> blokes</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">call us <i>and every woman who walked by </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">a <b style="color: #e69138;">beautiful princess.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This one guy was <b><i>heavily</i></b> pushing a tank top </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with an <u>owl</u> on it.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Finally I just said,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I'm <i>scared </i>of <b style="color: #3d85c6;">owls</b>."</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That was <u>the end</u> of that conversation :) </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The <i>next conversation</i> was all about</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Crepes</b>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mmmm.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I got one with<b style="color: #e06666;"> fresh strawberrie</b><b style="color: #e06666;">s</b>,</span></span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">white chocolate</span></span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <b>nutella</b>. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was simply<i> heavenly</i>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <b style="color: #3d85c6;">Madeleine's</b> was delightful too!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hers had apples, <b>cinnamon </b>and white chocolate in it.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But the night time was when it all got <b><i>realll </i></b>exciting.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>After</i> finishing up a <u>paper</u> for my history class</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>I booked it</b> to the nearest pub,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #6aa84f;">The Champion</b>,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with <i>Madeleine and Romm</i>, </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to <u>try</u> to watch the big</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Champions League Final</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>football</i> game of </span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bayern Munich</span></span></b></div>
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">vs.</span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Chelsea</span></b>. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However, this is me standing <i>outside</i> a different pub.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Every place was <b>packed</b>!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Should've known better.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I still <b style="color: #e06666;">loved </b><i>even just witnessing</i> all<b> the happenings</b> at the pub</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for such a big game.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So much fun! </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">No worries,</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><i>still watched</i></b> <b><span style="color: blue;">Chelsea</span></b> pull out a win</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">back at the Centre in our lovely servery. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">Here's<b style="color: #6aa84f;"> Romm </b>and I.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">It was a <i>pretty stressful game</i> to watch.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Overtime and a penalty shoot-out</b>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><i>Everything</i> went down.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wasn't really sure <b>who to root for</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></i><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm more of a <b style="color: red;">Manchester United fan </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but I mean <i>Chelsea is an England team</i>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<u><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bayern would've had it in the bag</span></span></span></span></span></u><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">except Robben missed his penalty kick earlier on. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Either way, </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><b>I love football</b></span>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">:)</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;">Plus after the game,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;">we watched...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Megamind.</b></span></div>
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Solid night at the schoolhouse </i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> </i>I would say. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"> <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">May 20</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">I <b>love my ward</b> here.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">I <b>really</b>, <i>really</i> do.</span><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">Today we had <b>five</b> kids.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">That's <u>the most</u> we've <i>ever</i> had! </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">I was so excited and feeling just <b style="color: #8e7cc3;">jammy</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">We just played</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">and talked about how much <b>we love animals</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">Here we are <b style="color: #e06666;"><i>coloring</i></b> :)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;"> Tomorrow, it's off to <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b>Scotland!</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;"><i><b>Lochness Monster</b></i>...</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">I <u>hope</u> to see you there. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">We'll be gone on an adventure</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">for <b>the whole week</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">We get to go to <b><span style="color: #e69138;">York</span>, <span style="color: #e06666;">Ambelside</span>, <span style="color: #f1c232;">Edinburgh</span> and </b><i>even </i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Preston</span></span></b></div>
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">to <b>see the temple</b> there.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="color: black;">I simply <u><i>cannot </i></u>wait :) </span><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-76799537377091616962012-05-18T16:39:00.000-07:002012-05-18T16:48:07.311-07:00Amanda Seyfried and the Olympics<div align="center">
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>May 17</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Olympics...Wassup.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Today we got to see the sites </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">for the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>2012 </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><b>Summer Olympics</b></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It was so cool to see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">They <u>definitely</u> got<i> some more work</i> to do</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">but I think that they'll pull it all together</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">quite nicely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I mean it's<span style="color: #e06666;"><b><u> London</u></b></span>, <i>right</i>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here's a group of us in front of <b>the <i>Olympic</i> Stadium</b>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Woot. <i>Woot</i>.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It will be cool to watch the Games <b>back home</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <u>see some familiar places</u>.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <b>wish </b>I could say see some familiar <i>faces</i>.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Like if I had ran into<b style="color: #0b5394;"> Mr. Phelps</b> or something.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But that was <i>more of something </i>that happened on the <b>18th</b>...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'll tell more later,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <b><i>promise</i></b>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm too excited<i> not</i> to tell you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Later on a group of us went to see</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>War Horse.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I saw the movie this past New Years Eve</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <i>loved</i> it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was <i>a bit nervous </i>to see how they'd do the <b>horses</b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">since they're a big part of the play <i>I guess</i>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">but <u>I had no reason to be nervous at all.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was <b style="color: #ea9999;">absolutely incredible</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and <i>so</i> creative.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here I am with <b style="color: blue;">Kenzie</b> just before the show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Plus we were kinda <i>matching</i>, so that was fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">May 18 </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I saw <span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><b>Amanda Seyfried</b></span> on the<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Tube</span></b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Woops</i>!</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Spoiler alert</b>. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">But really, it happened.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black;">MaCall, Madeleine, Kennedy, Romm and I </span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">were riding the tube to St. Paul's </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">to start a walk for one of our classes. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><i>Even before we got on</i>, <b style="color: #6fa8dc;">I saw her</b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and leaned over to MaCall,</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">"<i style="color: #a64d79;">Doesn't she look like Amanda Seyfried?</i>"</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">When we got on we sat right across from her.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">We all just kinda kept <b>staring</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Finally,</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><u>I just asked</u>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">And <b>she kinda dodged the questions</b>,</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">looked at the person with her,</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>whispered</b>, </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">got off the tube at the next stop,</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">and <i>said goodbye</i> to us all</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>in her lovely American accent.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I'm sorry I never got a picture with her.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">But here is <i>the very seat</i> she sat in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's <b><span style="color: #e69138;">Romm</span></b>, he got to sit right next to her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think I <i>embarrassed</i> him with my questions. </span></span></div>
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We went on our walk, and did some <br />
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but I just couldn't stop thinking about </div>
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if it was really her.</div>
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<i>I was like a</i><b style="color: magenta;"> starburst</b>...a juicy <u>contradiction</u>. </div>
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When we got back to the centre,</div>
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<u>Sure enough</u>, <b style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: large;">she is here in London.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><i>Awesome London moment?</i> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>I think yes. </b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thinking back,<i> I would've liked t</i>o have asked her</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>instead</i> of just saying, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<b>Do you know Amanda Seyfried? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>You look exactly like her.</b>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Really Kelsey?</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You go<i> that </i>route?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I <u>should have</u> said something like..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Hey what was it like to <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">kiss Channing Tatum</span></b>?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Can you still do <b>the jingle-bell rock dance </b>and <b style="color: #6aa84f;">tell the weather</b>?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">"Did you <i>ever </i>find out who your Dad was?"</span></div>
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Later on tonight we went to the</div>
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St. Martins-in-the-fields</div>
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just smack in <i>Trafalgar Square</i>.</div>
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It was<b style="color: #e69138;"> lovely</b>.</div>
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I feel <b><i>very cultured</i></b> after my experiences the last few days.</div>
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The <u>Olympics </u>will be splendid,</div>
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<b style="color: #674ea7;">movie stars are real</b>,</div>
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classical music can definitely be<b> rockin</b>.</div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-44987729619265520062012-05-17T02:51:00.001-07:002012-05-17T02:51:15.305-07:00Well Hello there Mr. Darcy.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Woah Baby!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think that this place is <b>grand.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really do.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today was truly a day of </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">class.</i></div>
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We hit up<b style="color: #ea9999;"> Jane Austen's home</b> in Chawton,</div>
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skittered on over to <b>Stourhead</b>,</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and then off to the Roman Baths...in Bath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Heyyy <b style="color: #6fa8dc;"><i>Jane Austen</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Your <u>house</u> was quite nice to visit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I can see why it was <i>such a lovely place to write</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I bought your book "<b style="color: #f6b26b;">Persuasion</b>" there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've never read it before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So don't be fooled by this picture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'll read it <b>when I get home</b>, okay?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(That's <i>less</i> than a month away...so soon!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next, it was off to<b style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Stourhead</span></i></b>. </span></div>
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<u>begin </u>to,</div>
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<i>attempt </i>to,</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">describe how<b> b-e-a-utiful</b> this place is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I wonder if the fish in <i style="color: #e69138;">Finding Nemo </i>know about this place,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">because <b>if so</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think<b> it would be their happy place</b> to go to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">when <i>crazy Darlah</i> comes out for a visit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Recognize <i>this </i>bridge?</span></div>
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This is where <u>Elizabeth Bennett</u>, </div>
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aka</div>
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<i><b>Kierra Knightley</b></i></div>
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runs through the rain</div>
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to Mistah Darcy</div>
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in the latest <u style="color: #e06666;">Pride and Prejudice</u> movie.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">she <b>booked it</b> across <i>this</i> bridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">She then <i>made her way up </i>to this spot</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">that overlooks this beautiful lake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's where <b>Mr. Darcy chose to propose</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and was then rejected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here's Cree and I reenacting that<i> very </i>moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>I tried my best</u> to get my <i>Kierra Knightley</i><b> thizzle face</b> on,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">as she was so disgusted by this man at the time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but <b style="color: #93c47d;">I just couldn't stop laughing</b>.</span></span></div>
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I decided to <i>be like Dora </i>and do a little <b>exploring</b> for a moment.</div>
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Look at this <i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">swell cubby </span></i>Madeleine found!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(I got a <i>Charlie horse</i> in my <b>foot</b> climbing up there...<i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>but we don't need to talk about that</i>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We found lots of<i> cool caves</i> too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I never found <b>Batman</b> in one though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He was actually in <b><i>Bath</i></b> today.</span></span></div>
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I even want to be like this <b>old couple</b> <u>someday</u>.</div>
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I just want to come back,</div>
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and sit</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with <i>absolutely nothing</i> to do but look and listen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But I guess that in itself is <b style="color: #6aa84f;"><i>something</i></b>, isn't it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I wonder what <b>their story</b> is...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm <i>thinking</i> he proposed in a much more <span style="color: #e06666;">graceful manner</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">than Mr. Darcy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We even got <b style="color: #e69138;">ice cream</b><span style="color: black;">!</span></span></div>
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<b>I do love ice cream</b>.</div>
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I told my Mom though that when I get back,</div>
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I want to go <i>straight to Dairy Queen</i> to get a </div>
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<b style="color: #741b47;">chocolate chip cookie dough blizzard</b>.</div>
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Those are my <u>very favorite</u>.</div>
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That's <i>my big craving here</i>...</div>
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<b>cookie dough</b>,</div>
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mmm and <b style="color: #f1c232;">goldfish</b>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <i>always</i> love goldfish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #76a5af;">Stourhead was a success</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It has been <i>one of my </i></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">favorite</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i> places</i> so far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I feel like even though a picture is worth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>1,000 words</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">all my <u>hundreds of photos</u> won't even begin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to describe how <b>absolutely incredible</b> this place is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Please do go</i> if you get the chance :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next, it was off to <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;">Bath</span>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is one of those places I thought I'd <i>only ever get </i></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>to see in pictures</i>.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>But I was there</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Are you sure this waters' <b><i>sanitary</i></b>? <i> Looks</i> <b>questionable</b> to me."</span></span></div>
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Yeah, you <i>can't go in</i> that water any more.</div>
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But <b>the ducks sure seem to enjoy it i</b>n there.</div>
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However, you can take a sip of some of the other Bath water.</div>
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And <b style="color: #ea9999;">that's just what we did</b>.</div>
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It's said to have <i style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>medicinal powers</b></i>. </div>
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It smells like <u>hard boiled eggs</u>...</div>
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and <i>not </i>the good kind your Mom makes on <b>Easter Sunday</b>.</div>
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<b>Here's how it all went down.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hey...I guess <b>lets go for it</b>. Yay <u>Bath water</u>!</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Anndddd down it goes...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ahh <b><i>nasty</i></b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But <u style="color: #cc0000;"><b>happy</b></u> we all did it :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Next, we got to go to a <i>crescent</i>...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><u>not</u> a <b>Pilsbury crescent roll</b>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">or the kind of crescent moon that <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Buzz Lightyear</span></b> goes to,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>but</i>...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><b>the Royal Crescent</b></span>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">That is some <i>sweet</i> architecture right there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: large;">it was a lovely day</span></b>.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See you <i>tomorrow</i>! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We're going to the <i>Olympic </i>sites.</span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stoked.</span></span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-34322819012418765012012-05-16T15:24:00.004-07:002012-05-16T15:24:47.484-07:00"When I grow up..." I'll like Sherlock Holmes and still love Matilda<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">May 15</span></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I <u>live </u>in <i><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">London</span></b></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That means I get to see beautiful views</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">like <u>this</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ohhh how happy I am :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is just standing right outside the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>National Gallery</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We had to go there yesterday for a site assignment</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and I am<i> ooh so glad</i> we did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I <u>loved it</u> there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I even <b>bought a print of a painting</b> there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It's called "<span style="color: #674ea7;">Hay Wain</span>" by Constable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I learned about it<i> two years ago</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> in my Humanities class</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and I thought it was cool in the books</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Seeing it in person was <i>a whole new experience</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I just want to <b>lay</b> in that big empty field</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and<b> look up at the clouds</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia;"><b>Making shapes and animals</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">out of the giant marshmellows floating above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Before heading here, we ate lunch at </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"><b>The Sherlock Holmes Pub</b></span>.</span><br />
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How <i>sweet</i> is that!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We all had just the <i>yummiest </i>food.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But that wasn't even the <b>best </b>part.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our waitress...was <b>da bomb</b>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She was <i>just so excited </i>to see us and have <b><span style="color: #e06666;">someone to talk to</span></b>. </span><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
She came here a year ago and just fell in love with the city.</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<b>Her advice</b>, </div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
"Put on your <b>wellies</b> and just head out the door!</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
And <u>never make plans</u>, they always get ruined.</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #8e7cc3;">Be spontaneous</b>, <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">fall in love with London</span></b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's <i>impossible</i> <u>not</u> to be happy here."</span><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
I liked her.</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
I wish she <i>woulda</i>, <b>coulda <span style="color: #93c47d;">rapped it for us.</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But the message <b>still stuck with me</b> either way :)</span><br />
<br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I felt like little <b>curly-haired Kelsey Jean</b> again tonight.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Why?</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Because I saw </span></div>
<div style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Matilda</b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">on <i>Broadway</i>!</span><br />
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Okay, no joke,</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<b>best musical ever.</b></div>
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It's already won something like seven awards.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have never felt <i>so happy</i> in a musical.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I was<b style="color: #f6b26b;"> laughing like a giddy kid</b>.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Meaning</i>,</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">my eyes kinda <b>bug out</b> a bit,</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I <u>sit</u> on the<b> tip of my seat</b></span></div>
<div style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<b><span style="font-size: small;">I jump up and down</span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i>and I just laugh</i></b>.</span></span><br />
<br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I <u>cried </u>too.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Especially </i>during this song called,</span></div>
<div style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>"When I grow up..."</b></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I was just <i>so happy</i> because</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">they used a </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">plethora </span></i></b></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">of </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #8e7cc3;">swings</b>.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It really <i>doesn't get much better</i> than that :)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've decided that <b>I'm not a grown up yet</b>, </span></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>at all</i>.</span><br />There's a line in there that says</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">"When I grow up I'll be <b>brave enough</b> to fight the creatures</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that you have to fight beneath the bed..."</span></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Yeahhhh...</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<b>mmm</b>,</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
I still <i>check my bed </i><b>every night</b> for spiders.</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Otherwise I'm too afraid to go to bed.</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
I've <i>never once </i>encountered one.</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And <b style="color: #6fa8dc;">I don't really have an attack plan</b> for if one were to cross my path.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Must be because <u>I gotta rep</u> with the spidahs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <i>they're</i> all <i>afraid of <u>me</u></i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>That's it.</b> </span><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Definitely</i> advise you to<b style="color: #6aa84f;"> see this musical </b>though.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It will leave you <u>feeling good inside</u>.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Kinda like you're at <b>DisneyWorld,</b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but a <i>little different </i>I guess.</span></span><br />
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-4480056369605533942012-05-14T16:44:00.002-07:002012-05-14T16:47:22.658-07:00Beautiful Love<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
It's hard to get caught up on this thing</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
when we do <i>sooo much</i> everyday.</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
<b>Everyday here is a good day</b>.</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
It's like <i>Samuel Johnson </i>says, </div>
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
<b>"<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life;</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">for there is in London all that life can afford.</span>" </span></b></div>
</blockquote>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
Now <i>Mister Samuel Johnson,</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would agree with you on <b>the first part.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There is a <i>crazy cool</i> amount to see and do here.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But there is <i>so much</i> to this world.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #c27ba0;">Like the people I love</b>, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">back <b>home</b>,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">who aren't in London with me. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yesterday was <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Mother's Day</i></b></span>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When we arrived at church we discovered </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that their Mum's Day is in <u>March</u>...</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but that didn't stop me from </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">thinking about my own<b style="color: #3d85c6;"> Mum</b> all day.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Maybe my Mom and I will have to </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">come back to London </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in <u>March</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and then <i>be back in the states in <u>May</u></i>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That way she can have<b> two </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">whole</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #93c47d;">Mum days</span></b>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She is <i>that incredible</i>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think she deserves them both and</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">many,</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i>many</i></b>, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She's been handed a <b>rough</b> trial in her life</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>and yet still</i>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">she faces <i>everything</i> she does </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with <b>positivity</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It still sticks with me that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">one day when I asked her how she was feeling </span><br />
<div style="color: black;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">she replied,</span></div>
<div style="color: #e06666;">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"It's been a good day.</span></b></div>
<div style="color: #e06666;">
<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've just decided to <i>make </i></span></b></div>
<div style="color: #e06666;">
<u><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">every day</span></b></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #e06666;">a good day."</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;"></span><b style="color: #e06666;"> </b><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;">And to you I say, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"We'll make <b>everything right</b>, my<i> beautiful </i>love."</span><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Another <i>beautiful love</i> of mine </div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
was just <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #674ea7;">married</b></span> on</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>May 11th</b></span>.</span><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Her name <strike>is</strike> </div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<i>was </i></div>
<div style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<b>Brooke <i>Clason</i></b>.</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Now she is a married woman.</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
I can't wait until I get to see her again.</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<i>This time </i>as </div>
<b style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mrs. Brooke <i>Smith</i></span></b>.<br />
<br />
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We have been the <b>best of friends</b> since we met </div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
our freshman year</div>
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at <b style="color: blue;">BYU</b>. </div>
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Since<i> this very picture</i> our freshman year</div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
we have been through </div>
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<b>just about everything</b> <u>together.</u></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was hard to be away from her</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on her special day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of her songs with her</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">new husband </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><b>Beautiful Love</b></span>."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It came on my ipod when on my way back from Paris</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and<i> I just missed her</i> so.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, <i><b>Brooke</b></i>...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">heres to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<i>Beautiful soul</i>",</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Say Yes to the Dress,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Friday Night Lights</span>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">gummy worms,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>deep discussions</b>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">witty moments, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">light hearted laughs</span>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">dancing because we can</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> Goo Goo Doll drives</b>.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b style="color: #8e7cc3;">I wish</b> I could have been there with you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on your <i>big</i> day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But know that I look forward to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>endless memories</b> to come with you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'd say we have a friendship <i style="color: #e06666;">worth celebrating</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">love you Brookie :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><b>May 12</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Oh my golly,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">it was just <b>oh so beautiful</b> outside.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">We decided a <b style="color: #e69138;">picnic </b>would really be</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">the ultimate,</span></span></span><br />
<u><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">best way</span></span></span></u><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">ever</span></span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">to spend our time.</span></span></span><br />
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We filled our<i> picnic basket </i>with </div>
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chips,</div>
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<b>sandwiches</b>,</div>
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<i>twix bars</i>,</div>
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cookies</div>
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and</div>
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<b>S^2</b>.</div>
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S Squared is what we use in reference to </div>
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<i style="color: #a64d79;">Sense and Sensibility</i>.</div>
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Yeah, we had <b><i>planned</i></b> on reading</div>
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but there were cute kids,</div>
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cute <u>British</u> kids,</div>
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cute British kids <i>with <b>scarfs </b>on</i>,</div>
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playing.</div>
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<b>Mind they had accents</b>.</div>
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I mostly <b><i style="color: #ffd966;">people watched</i></b>. </div>
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And it was a joyous occasion.</div>
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My <i>favorite</i> is to watch the locals</div>
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with their </div>
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<b>Squirrel</b></div>
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fascination.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">May 13</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">For all us <b>Americans</b>,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">it was <i>still </i>Mums day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">I missed being able to hear the lil'</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Primary kids</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">singing at church.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's always just so...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> ...<b><i>tender</i></b>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was in the <b style="color: #6aa84f;">Nursery</b> today.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">I also made a <b>friend</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">She's two years old,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e06666;">wears stylin' oxford shoes</b>,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">has an older sister</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">and <i>doesn't talk</i> a whole lot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>But...</b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Her name is Natalie</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">and <b>she likes dinosaurs too</b> :) </span></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #e06666;">May 14<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Woahhh<i> baby</i></b>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Am I really almost caught up?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you for<i> hanging in there</i> withe me :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I truly do appreciate it. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is <u>one of the first days</u> I've made it to breakfast</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in a <i>looooong</i> time.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sleeping in those <b>extra 20 minutes </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> with my <b style="color: #6fa8dc;">stuffed dinosaur friend Ronaldo </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">has become <i>very</i> <b style="color: #93c47d;">valuable</b><span style="color: #93c47d;"> </span>time out here.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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After a whopping 3 hours of history class</div>
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Kate, MaCall, Madeleine and I</div>
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decided to take a gander through Hyde Park.</div>
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And boy oh boy what a journey it was!</div>
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<i><b>First</b></i>, I traveled <i>through the 7 layers </i></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of the <u>Underground Tube Station</u>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">past the <b>tappy-outtie-thing-a-ma-jig</b>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and under the <i style="color: #674ea7;">Marble Arch</i>. </span><br />
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<i><b>Then</b></i>, I tip toed through the park</div>
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<i>until </i>I came across a flock of <b>pigeons</b>.</div>
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And then I <u>ran</u>, <i>bounded</i> and <b>leaped</b>.</div>
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I even did a little <b><i style="color: #6fa8dc;">fishing</i></b> along the way.</div>
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<b style="color: #6aa84f;">Look Dad</b>, aren't you proud!</div>
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I tried a <u>new technique</u>.</div>
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Then, I stumbled upon this <i>quite lovely</i> tree.</div>
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Wouldn't it be nice to just hide out in there?</div>
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It reminds me of those <i>sneaky</i> <b>tree costumes</b></div>
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in <b style="color: #0b5394;">Peter Pan</b>.</div>
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I<i> like </i>it.</div>
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So does <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Kate</span></b>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm to retire to bed now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I know that <b>if I just remember my Mom</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">that<u> tomorrow</u>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and <i>every day after that</i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">will be <b style="color: #ea9999;">a great day</b>.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-41526027497259841122012-05-13T12:11:00.003-07:002012-05-14T08:21:02.019-07:00Double Green Walkers in Paris<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Ah!</span></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've let myself fall behind on this baby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I was in <b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Paris</span></b> though...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">so <i>I think</i> it's okay :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It all started back on<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> May 9</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">a las <b>cinco y media</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>(</b>5:30 am<b>)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">to catch <i>the chunnel</i> at <b>6:15 <u>am</u></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Which was rough</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and yet <u>oh so okay</u> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">since <b>it was taking us all to Paris</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And we got to spend </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>three</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><span style="color: #38761d;">lovely days</span></i> there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">(and a whole lotta' money buying <i><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">delicious food</span></b></i>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">My thoughts...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>Day 1</b>: "I'm<i> the</i> <b><span style="color: #ea9999;">stair master</span></b>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>Day 2</b>: "I'm de-<b>feet</b>-ed."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>Day 3</b>: "This place is <i>amazing</i>."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><u><b>Day 1</b></u>: <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: x-large;"><b>May 9</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">We arrived at our hotel,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">checked into our room</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and went <b>straight to hittin up</b> the city of <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">love</span></i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We just took a <i>nice little stroll</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">down the</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;"><b>Champs Elysees</b></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">which took us straight to the</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia;"><b>Arc de Triomphe</b><span style="color: black;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Did we <b>climb the stairs</b> to the top of that nice lil' arch?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>Best believe we did.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here's <b>Erin and I</b> at the top!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Looking around, we felt like we were</span><br />
<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on top of the world.</span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">And yes, <i>arc de triomphe</i>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I did feel <b>triumphant</b> up there,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">but we had <i>no idea</i> how we'd feel </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">once we reached<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>the <i>top</i> of the eiffel tower</b></span>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I don't <i>just</i> mean the top.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I mean the <b>tippiest</b>, </span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;"><b>toppiest </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><u>top</u> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">you can get</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">on the <b>eiffel tower</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We got a <i>little</i> lost on the way over there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Weird, since it's a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>GIANT</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">tower sticking out <u>in the middle of the sky</u>,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>I know</b></span> :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">But we found it and went right to hiking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>Check out that view</i>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>You hear the angels singing</b>, <b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Mom</span></i></b>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;">MaCall</span> and I were<b> roommates</b> for the <b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Paris trip</span></b>...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so here we are <i>checkin out the view</i>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We had <b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">some good fun</span></b>, I just love her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here I am in front of the eiffel tower...<i>crazy cool</i>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We enjoyed some <i>delicious gelato</i> at a nice little cafe outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>So surreal</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had the yellow one...it's <span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>mango</b></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The "<b>M</b>" in mango stands for "<b><i><span style="color: #e69138;">Mmmm</span></i></b>"</span> </div>
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T<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">his picture just makes me <i>all around happy</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>MaCall</b></span> and I againnnn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That night, we hopped aboard the <i><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>nice</b> version</span></i> of </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>A.K.A.</u> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">we got on a <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>beautiful boat</b></span> (pearls are beautiful...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> and it took us through the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Instead of looking for pirates we just got to <b>sit</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">wave to the nice people</span></b> on the banks of the river,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">listen to <i><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">fun French music</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <b><span style="color: #674ea7;">soak it all in</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The <i>grand finale</i> was </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the eiffel tower <u>sparkling.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">That's what a <i>real</i> <b>paparazi</b> looks like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">oh boy oberto beef jerkey</span></b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">the <u>eiffel tower itself</u> has quite the <b>paparazi</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Breakfast at our hotel was a <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">starry eyed surprise</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I've decided that it made up </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for all the other <strike>weird</strike> <b>different</b> things about the place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Like</i>...<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">no outlets</span></b> in the bathrooms,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">no shower curtains</span></b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b><i>weird</i> elevators</b></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<i><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>sailed through time, back to yester-years.</b></span></i>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(<i>yes</i>, i just quoted <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Parent Trap</span></b>)<br />I came to Paris <b>almost<span style="font-size: large;"> 3</span> <span style="font-size: large;">years </span>ago</b> with </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and<b> today</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I went back to <span style="color: #e69138;">all the fun places <b>we visited together</b></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- <i>Sainte-Chapelle</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- La Conceirgerie</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- <b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Notre Dame</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- <u>Latin Quarter</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-Musee d'Orsay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- The bakery I always enjoyed a <span style="color: #e06666;">chocolate chip muffin</span> at</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- Our hotel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...<u>And even stood <i>outside</i></u>... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-the weird night club across the way who's <i>selling pitch</i> is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- Luxembourg <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Gardens</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- The Pantheon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- <span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><b>Hotel de les Invaledes</b></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Napoleon's tomb is here...it is <b>massive</b>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After visiting the <b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">Notre Dame...</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I ate <b><i>the best crepe of my entire life</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was <i>nutella</i>, <span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>bananas</b></span> and <u>coconut</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And I ate <i><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">the whole thing</span></b></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>I don't know</u> who this bike belongs to...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but I would <b>like to thank them</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for letting me lean against it for but a <i>moment</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Ohh <i>so many memories</i> all came back at once.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I loved seeing the places <b>I visited once before</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and couldn't' help but <b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">think of</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> my Mom</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><b>We had the best time together.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We ate at this bakery <i>every morning</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I always got the <b>chocolate-chip muffin.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So <u>of course</u> I <i>had to</i> get one again...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That place is <i>nice</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I especially enjoyed seeing some <b>baby duckies</b> there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We all just sat next to this fountain for a<i> good 45 minutes</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #ffd966;">soaking up the sunshine</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>I had almost forgot what the sun felt like</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">after all this blasted rain here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Let me tell you</span></b></i>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">sitting those <b>45 minutes</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">may have save us from <i>completely falling</i> <i>over</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">the rest of the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Don't worry, <b><span style="color: #e06666;">we all stumbled</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">from being weary</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and <b>feeling like we had stubs for feet</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">At<b> cross walks</b> when the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">signaling us <i>to cross the street</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">we were all <u>pumped</u>, ready to get to the other side,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>ready to press forward</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We <u>loved</u> the green walker at <i>the beginning of the day</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Especially the <b><span style="color: #38761d;">double green walkers</span></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">where we could cross <u>the whole street</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">in one<i> smooth swoop</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">By the end however,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>ooooh Mistah Green Walker Man</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I <i><span style="color: #674ea7;">highly disliked</span></i> him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><u>And so did my feet</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The Double Green Walker was a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><i>definer </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">of my <b>Paris experience</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><b>The Musee d'Orsay</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">certainly <i>did not</i> receive our best <b>foot </b>forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We were all <b>crashing into walls</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>tripping up</b> stairs,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>laying on exhibit floors</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and <b>sitting</b> on <i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>every bench</b></span></i> we could find.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I felt very <i>clever</i> at one point because</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">That was one of the <i>longest</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>funniest</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><u>most exhausting</u>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">days of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b>I wouldn't change anything about it</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">but <i>my feet</i> may <u>disagree with me</u> on this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><u>Day 3</u></b>: <span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;"><b>May 11</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This was our <b>last day in Paris</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">MaCall and I had <u>a bit of a hectic start</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>What did I learn</i>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Maybe only that <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>you shouldn't rely on the hotel</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>to give you a wake up call</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><u>Especially</u></b> on the day </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>your whole group is checking out</b>.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just a suggestion.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We had called to have <u>a wake up call</u> at <b>7:45</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to be ready to leave with our group by <b>9</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>No such call ever came.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Luckily, MaCall saved the day </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and somehow woke up at <b>8:52</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I don't think <i>anyone</i> in <b>the history of the world</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">has ever looked so <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">scattered</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">as we did <i><b>that</b> morning</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But we made it just in time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and had <i>quite the splendid day</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We saw some <b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">pretty nifty things</span></b> in there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i>The Mona Lisa</i></b>...she is <u>one popular lady</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've <i>never</i> experienced a <b>mosh pit</b> quite like that before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today certainly was <b>a day of art</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These people are <i>talented.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There is <u>a reason </u>they're in <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">such incredible places</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Even <i>the museums themselves</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next it was off to <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><b>L'Orangerie </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">where <span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>Monet's waterlillies</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We paid a nice little visit to <b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Rodin</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We had some <span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>fun</b></span> there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We <i>especially liked</i> <b>posing with the statues</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I <i>may or may not</i> have done </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"><b>the stanky leg</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">with one later on...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">so I <i>may share that</i> later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with a <u>hello</u> to the cathedral <b><span style="color: #a64d79;">Sacre-Coeur</span></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Montmarte</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This place will now forever <b><i>remind me of</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- <span style="color: #e06666;">macaroons </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- chocolate <u>eclairs</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- <span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>beautiful views</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- churros made <i>in front of my very eyes</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <b>margharita pizza</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <b><span style="color: #38761d;">toblerone gelato</span></b>..it was too expensive so i just looked...and drooled a bit</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">...and <i>finally</i>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <b>snails</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><i>Yes,</i></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Kate</span>, <span style="color: #e69138;">Macall</span>, <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Madeleine</span> and <span style="color: purple;">I</span></b> all decided to get</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and try out some <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>escargot</b></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Really,<u> not too bad</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Kinda good actually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Maybe it's the fact that it's </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">in<i> butter, garlic and other savory treats</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">My mind did <b>flash back</b> a bit </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">to <b><span style="color: purple;">the first time Simba tried to <span style="color: #38761d;">eat bugs</span> with his new pals</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That <i><span style="color: #e06666;">last day in Paris</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">really was <b><span style="color: #674ea7;">picture-perfect</span></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our feet were<u> numb</u> by this point,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>which I'm not really sure that's a <u>good</u> thing</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I mean, <u>we were in</u> <b>Paris</b>.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">who were we </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to let a <b><span style="color: #38761d;">few blisters and angry feet</span></b> stop us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">from seeing <i>some of the most incredible things</i> in the world?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And after <u><span style="color: #741b47;">everything</span></u> we <b>did</b>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">everything we <b>saw</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">everything we <b>ate</b>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">it's swell to be <i><b>back </b>home </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">in <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>London</i></b></span>.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-85417971336054783502012-05-08T17:16:00.003-07:002012-05-11T15:25:54.458-07:00Hangin with One Direction at Platform 9 and 3/4<div align="center">
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Yesterday...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">was <em>crazy</em>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We went <strong>everywhere</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I mean that truly and sincerely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Pretty much just</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>watch</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">this video</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">"<strong><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">One Thing</span></strong>" by One Direction</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Why you may ask?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">1. It's <strong>One Direction</strong> so <em><span style="color: #6aa84f;">why not</span></em>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">2. We went <u>everywhere</u> in this video...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and I find <em>that</em> something to be <strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">pumped</span></strong> about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yesterday was another <strong><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">free day</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">(they're <em><span style="color: #ffd966;">golden</span></em>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Best believe <em>we took advantage of it.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here's just a <strong><em>little</em> snippet</strong> of places we went:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <em>Lots</em> of <span style="color: #6aa84f;">parks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-Ghandi statue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Nando's</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <strong>The British Library</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- St. Pancras Station</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <strong>Kings Cross Station</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><strong>Platfrom 9 & 3/4...need I say more?</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">(don't worry<em> <strong>i will</strong></em> say more)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- Saint James</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- Saint James Park</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><u>Buckingham Palace</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <strong>Trafalgar Square</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <strong><span style="color: #e69138;">Big Ben</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I get <em>stoked</em> when we have <strong>free days</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We only had <span style="color: #ea9999;">three hours</span> of class </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and then we were </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We did a "<strong>walk</strong>" required for our <em>London walks class</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">that took us straight to the <strong>British Library</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Probably my favorite part of the walk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">was finding a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>hidden</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>You<span style="color: #93c47d;"> sneeeaky</span> church.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">The British Library</span> was</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>preeeeeety </em>incredible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We had a list of things we had to see while there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Just to name <em>a few</em>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- The King's Bookshelf</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">(<strong>Beauty and the Beast status</strong>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <em><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Magna Carta</span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <strong>Original <span style="color: #f1c232;">Beatles</span> lyrics</strong> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">(written on birthday <u>cards and envelopes</u>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<strong>Handel's Messiah</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- Jane Austen's notebook</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Beethoven's</span> sonata</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">- Gutenburg <strong>Bible</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">You could say I was <strong>kinda blown away by it all</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">"<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><strong>I digested a gust of wind today...</strong></span><span style="color: black;">"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Anybody, <em>anybody</em>?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is <span style="color: #e06666;">Madeleine</span>, <span style="color: #f6b26b;">me</span>, <span style="color: #ffd966;">Kate</span>, <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">MaCall</span> and <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Kennedy</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">outside of the British Library</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">doing an ad for <strong>AT&T</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was <strong>supposed</strong> to be in the picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But the<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong> nice Brit</strong></span> that I asked to take it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">well,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Next it was off to<span style="font-size: large;"> <strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">St Pancras Station</span></strong>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">This place is <em>mind bottling</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Just check it out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Here's <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Kate</strong></span> and <strong><span style="color: purple;">I</span> </strong>in front of it all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;"><strong>Drum roll</strong>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I mean this in <strong>all seriousness</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I'm still comprehending what went down yesterday</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>I'm coming Harry!</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Platform 9 & 3/4</strong> my friends :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">My roommate and best bud <strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Cami</span>...</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">well she <em>loves</em> Harry and <em>the whole gang</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">like, <strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">a lot</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">So I couldn't help but think of her while I was there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Cami</strong>-I miss you dearly. <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Hagrid says hello</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">May I also just mention that <strong>Kings Cross Station</strong> is </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My camera <u>died</u> right after this <em><span style="color: #e06666;">glorious momento</span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">so I have no pictures to add now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">from the amazing <strong>Saint James Park</strong> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and <strong>Buckingham Palace</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There were a couple moments where we all just sat there,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">staring</span>,</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: purple;">in silence</span>.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've decided that <em><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">the Queen</span></strong></em> probably listens to <strong>One Direction</strong>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">at least<em> I hope so</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So "<em>yesterday</em>...all my troubles seemed <strong>so far away</strong>..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and they're hanging out in far far away <strong>town </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">with <span style="color: #38761d;">Shrek and Fiona</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">cuz <strong>I'm in <em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">London</span></em> town</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(I sure hope you recognized those Beatles lyrics)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Shopping time</strong>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We made a nice little visit to<strong> Primark.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Then <em>tonight</em>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">duhhhh...duh duhm duhm duhm duhmmmmm</span>.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><em>Tomorrow...</em></span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">it's off to <span style="color: #e06666;"><strong>Paris</strong></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">for <strong>3 whole days</strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Happy Sunday!</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This morning <em>six other girls and I </em>went on </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>quite</em> the <strong>pilgrimage</strong> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">to get to our chapel for church today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Which was <span style="color: #6aa84f;">fitting</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">since we've been reading <strong>The Canterbury Tales</strong> in class</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and <em>we had a nice visit</em> at <strong><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">The Canterbury Cathedral</span></strong><u> yesterday</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">To get to our ward that<em> starts</em> at <strong>9</strong> am, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">we have to <em><strong>leave</strong></em> at <strong>7:15</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We take <span style="color: blue;">the Tube</span>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>switch lines</em>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">board a<span style="color: #c27ba0;"> train</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><u>and walk up a nice hill</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>All completely worth it.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>I'm so excited</em> to be involved with <span style="color: #ea9999;"><strong>this ward</strong></span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>Half</strong> of our group was assigned to the <u>Primary</u> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and <strong>half</strong> were assigned to <u>Young Womens</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>For the next six weeks</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I will be working in the <span style="color: #e69138;"><strong>Primary</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">of the Catford ward in Blackheath, England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Today we had two kids in class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>I enjoyed them.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Especially when the subject of <u>football</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">(<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">soccer</span>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">came up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The two kids <em>went against the teacher's opinions</em> and proudly said,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;">"<span style="color: #93c47d;">Liverpool is rubbish!</span><span style="color: black;">"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">One of the boys is named<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;"> Malachai</span></strong> and he likes to draw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">He showed me some of his work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Monsters are his favorite,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">but don't worry, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">"<em>only the nice ones</em>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>This is the building</strong> we'll be meeting in!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Yesterday...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Was a great day, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and <em>what a day</em> it was!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We got to go to <strong><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">Brighton.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We got to go the beach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">This was more of an <span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Oregon coast beach</strong></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">than a <span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>Flordia beach</strong></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Meaning...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">it was<em> freezing</em>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Someone even told us that it was <em>colder </em>yesterday </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">than it was on </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">Christmas Day</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong><em>Yikes-a-bee</em></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I still put my feet (in my <span style="color: red;">rainboots</span>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"> in the water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It was<strong> splendid</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've decided Brighton would be </span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the most delightful place to visit</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>...</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">if it were warm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We <strong>walked</strong> around,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">got lunch on the <strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">pier</span></strong>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and even saw <em><span style="color: #e06666;">a kid's parade</span></em>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Hey</strong> it's<span style="color: #e06666;"> Kennedy</span>, <span style="color: #e69138;">MaCall</span>, <span style="color: #f1c232;">Erin</span>, <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Me</span>, <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Jasmine</span> and <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Mallory</span>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's all <strong>oriental</strong> on the inside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My <em>favorite</em> was in the great dining hall...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">there's a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><u>hanging from the ceiling</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">clutching a </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>2,000 pound</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">chandelier in its claws.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>Wicked.</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I also found a <strong>puddle</strong> to <span style="color: red;"><em>dance in</em></span>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">That was enormously fun and <u>distracting</u>...</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Ooops</em> :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Next it was <em>back to the coach</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and <strong>off to <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Canterbury</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I <em>really quite</em> <em>like</em> their cathedral there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We even got to stay for an </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">Evensong service</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Those choir boys...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em><strong>whew</strong></em>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em><u>they can sing</u></em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I found it all to be <strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">pretty sweet</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>p.s.</strong> <span style="font-size: large;">I'm <em>way </em><strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">oh so</span></strong> <span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><strong>super duper</strong></span><em><span style="color: #c27ba0;"> crazy</span></em> <strong>excited</strong></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><u>because</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">people are starting to catch on that</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I love dinosaurs.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Exhibit A:</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">These are <strong>two dinosaurs</strong> that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They are named <span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>Minkus</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Reptar the 17th</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Kristen</span> then added on </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>"<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Kelsey's <em>love</em></span></strong>.<strong>"</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Hello.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><strong>Hello!</strong></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Today..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> it has just been <u>one of those days</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of those days where I would <span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><strong>whistle</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>if only I could</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I had <strong>such a great time</strong> <em><span style="color: #93c47d;">exploring</span></em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>Especially </em>after sitting in <u>history class</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">for <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">3</span> whole hours</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and listening to stories of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>other people</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>exploring.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Today we created a little bit of <em>our own</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>London history</strong></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Yes,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">today was<strong> the </strong>day that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Kate,</span> <span style="color: #f6b26b;">MaCall</span>, <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Madeleine</span> and <span style="color: #a64d79;">I</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>sought out on a mission</strong> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">to find Katniss bags.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Story time.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I <em>suggest </em>sitting criss-cross-apple-sauce.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia;">(Maybe even on a magic carpet.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">One of my best friends, <strong>Brooke Clason</strong>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">studied at <span style="color: #f1c232;">Cambridge</span> last summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">She came back with a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Cath Kidston </span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">bag...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and that's <em>where it all started</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I kinda <em>really</em> liked it, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">so when I found out I'd be coming</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">to the </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia;"><strong>U.K.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I decided <strong>I would get one</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It would be<strong> <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">my little gift</span></strong> to myself while here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>My treasure from <span style="color: #9fc5e8;">the United Kingdom</span></em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can <em><u>only</u></em> find them here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">And today...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I got one!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And <em>hey</em> <strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">Casey King</span></strong> aka my <em>future sistah</em> in law...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">there's a little something in that bag for you too :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I've just been<em> <strong>so anxious</strong></em> to get one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I see her bags here everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-On <strong>the Tube</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-On <strong>tour guides</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-On <strong>local Brits...</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">even on <span style="color: #c27ba0;">Grandmas</span> that got <em>slick style</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><u>I kept looking</u>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">searching<em> high</em> and <em>low,</em></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">trying to figure out where to find one.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When someone told me about the shop on <strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Portobello Road</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I kept <em>mixing my words up</em>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Hey guys, we have to get our <span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Katniss</span> bags on <strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">Pocatello Road</span></strong>!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>Sorry Cath Kidston,</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I just may <strong>always </strong>refer to my bag</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">as my Katniss bag</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Portobello Road</span></strong> was <em>the perfect place</em> to spend the day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I may have even <strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">frolicked</span></strong> down the street a few times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">There were</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<span style="color: #e06666;">antiques</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-jewelry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<span style="color: #f1c232;">vintage cameras</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<span style="color: #6aa84f;">dinosaur umbrellas</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-cupcakes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<span style="color: black;">crepes</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<span style="color: #3d85c6;">vintage signs</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-street performers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-this weird guy that <strong>squaked </strong>at me as he <em>rode by</em> on his bicycle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and even...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<strong><span style="color: #e69138;">waffles</span></strong>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We split one with <em>chocolate </em>on top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em><strong>Yummmmmy!</strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tomorrow is going to be one <em>looooong</em> day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We're leaving at 7:45 am for a <strong>ride on the coach </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and won't be back until after 7 pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But we're headed to <span style="color: blue;"><strong>Brighton</strong></span>, so I'm okay with that :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">3 hours</span> </span>of class.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Shoot.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Goodness gracious.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u style="color: #8e7cc3;">Golly wolly</u>.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>What a way to start the day</i>. </span></div>
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<b>Professor Nick Mason</b> is a <i>spiffy teacher </i>though.</div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Madeleine</span>, <span style="color: #f1c232;">MaCall </span>and <span style="color: #e06666;">I</span> just play a little</div>
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<b>M.A.S.H. </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to help pass the time. </span></div>
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After class we took off to<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> the British Museum</span></b>.</div>
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<b>Here it is!</b></div>
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Also...Professor Nick Mason's face.</div>
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Okay,<i> part</i> of his face.</div>
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There is <i>so much to see</i> at this place.</div>
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We stood in front of the </div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What, what?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That was </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">just a tad bit</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><b style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">surreal.</b></div>
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<u>After the museum</u></div>
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Natalie, MaCall, Emily and I took a nice little </div>
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through<b> <span style="color: #e06666;">Kensington gardens</span></b></div>
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and <b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Hyde Park.</span></b></div>
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It's pretty<b>.....</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">awesome </b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to live <i>so close</i> to such incredible places. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Speaking of incredible</b></span></div>
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Here's <span style="color: #e69138;">MaCall </span>and <span style="color: #c27ba0;">I</span> reenacting this </div>
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<i>incredibly </i></div>
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<b><i> </i>awkward</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">hugging bear statue.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We named them Polly and Rufus :)</span></div>
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Later on tonight a group of us took <br />
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<u>and jump</u> away</div>
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was <b style="color: red;">Ben's Cookies.</b></div>
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We've <i>all</i> been told that it's <i>the place</i> to hit up.</div>
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<b>I'd say I agree. </b></div>
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<u>However</u>, I'm partial to </div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">the Provo happenings of </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"The Chocolate."</span></b></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope </i><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">you</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> do</span><b style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> a lil dance</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> if you know what I'm talking about.</span></div>
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<i>Okay</i>,<b> Confession</b> time.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #e06666;">Kim Blauer</span></b>...if you are reading this,</div>
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<i>please</i></div>
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<i>oh pretty please</i></div>
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<i> </i> do not be upset <b>witchyo girl</b> for saying this</div>
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I don't really <strike>remember</strike> <i>know at all</i></div>
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what the boys from</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">One Direction</span></b></div>
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look like. </div>
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We've gotten into <u>the habit of calling out </u></div>
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<b>"<i>One Direction!</i>"</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>every</u> time we see some <b style="color: blue;">younger British chaps with hair gel.</b></span></div>
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<b>Tomorrow</b>...class <u><i>again</i></u> for <b>3 hours</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>and then the day is ours.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can't wait :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">p.s.</span></strong> I got to <strong>skype</strong> with my beautiful, fun best friend <strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Brooke</span></strong> tonight!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>It was <em>so</em> much fun</strong>!</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia;">It really just made my day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We've been </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">friends since our freshman year at <strong><span style="color: blue;">BYU</span></strong>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And now...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">she's getting <strong><em>married </em></strong>in just <u><span style="color: #93c47d;">one week</span></u>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I wish I could be there</em>.</span><br />
<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I love and miss you Brooke!<br />really really :)</span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683607265726951049.post-25699286116367858832012-05-02T17:43:00.003-07:002012-05-02T17:43:45.242-07:00Oh hey Kate Middleton and Prince William<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I hope you get to read this soon!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is <em>kinda </em>awkward...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I just have to apologize that <strong><span style="color: #e06666;">we all missed your wedding</span></strong> last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Happy late Anniversary</span></em>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I think our invites </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>stolen</strong>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We wanted to make it up to you both today</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">so we went to <strong><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Westminster Abbey</span></strong> to say hello!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm sad we missed you again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">but <em>hey</em>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">this place is a<em> lovely location</em> for a wedding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Hey <strong>Kate</strong>, look! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">This is me in front of the door you entered</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">on your very </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">own </span></span></em><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em><span style="color: #e06666;">wedding day</span></em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The architecture is spiffy beyond belief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Plus I loved being able to see <strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Big Ben</span></strong> outside too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Did you know that there are <strong>over 3,000 people</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">buried in Westminster Abbey?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Just to list a <em>few:</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<span style="color: #e06666;">Charles Darwin</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<span style="color: #ffd966;">T.S. Elliot</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Handel</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">And out of all of the graves, in the floor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and it <em><u>never will</u></em> be walked on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It is a grave to <strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">an unknown soldier-</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">to represent <strong>all the men and women</strong> lost in battle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">whose bodies were <em>never found</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Even if you watch <strong><span style="color: #e06666;">Kate and William's wedding</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">you will see them step <em>around</em> something on the floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>It is this very grave</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">It's surrounded by<span style="color: #cc0000;"> red paper poppies</span> too.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I had heard <u>good </u>reviews.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><strong>But I was not prepared for this.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This was one of <em>the most incredible</em> shows </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">I highly reccomend it :)</span></strong></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I just saw <span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><strong>The Lion King</strong></span> on Broadway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">in <em>London</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I can't say how <strong>amazed</strong> I still am </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">by the fact that </span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">am</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>here</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;">(</span><span style="color: #e06666;">I can't believe it's already been a week too!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've seen the Lion King show before,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">but it still blows my mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I <em>cried</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Circle of Life</span></strong>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">that is<u> deep stuff</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And <strong>Mufasa</strong>, well, he had a voice like <em>chocolate</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Watch out Brian McKnight</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Evan</span>, <span style="color: #38761d;">Kenzie</span>,<span style="color: #e69138;"> Kayley</span>, <span style="color: #a64d79;">MaCall</span> and<span style="color: purple;"> I</span>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The last two days have been <em>crazy <strong>busy</strong></em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I think all of us are starting to feel <u>a bit wiped out</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #073763;">we're all loving it :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;"><em>Yesterday...</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">We hit up Shakespeare's <strong>stomping grounds</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;">Hoorah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">It was also the <strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">most beautiful and clear day</span></strong> we've had yet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">After all the rain, <em>we just wanted to dance and be outside</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">We had our first coach ride to get there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">There were fields upon fields of yellow flowers for most of the drive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Along the way to <strong>Stratford-upon-Avon,</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">we stopped in this</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>adorable,</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>beautiful,</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">little,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">town called <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><strong>Chipping Norton</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">that I just want to live in for a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Can we go back <em>please</em>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I enjoyed the <em>best baguette</em> there for lunch and even did a <em>little</em> shopping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">"Are you <strong>happy pottering</strong>?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Next was <span style="color: #a64d79;"><strong>Anne Hathaway's Cottage</strong></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>I absolutely fell in love with this place.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh Anne, she had it<em> reallly nice</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Everything just felt so<span style="color: #e06666;"><strong> peaceful</strong></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'd just go there <u>everyday</u>, lay out a blanket and have a <strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">picnic.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Probably with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: black;"> ice cream</span>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">goldfish</span>, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">raspberries </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and paninis </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>if only I could</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is also the place where my </span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">rapper side</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">a.k.a.<strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"Lil' Wulf-e"</span></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">was introduced to a <em>select few</em>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><u>I did a rap</u> about how Madeleine and I had on </span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">skinny belts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and <span style="color: #a64d79;">skinny jeans</span>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is now <strong>a quoted item</strong> in our room most every night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I couldn't help but think of <span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">my Mom</span> at this place</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and how much she'd like to <span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong><em>paint it</em></strong></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We had a <em>very nice tour guide</em> too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He told us about the <strong>origin of phrases</strong> such as</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-"<span style="color: #c27ba0;">rule of thumb</span>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-"<span style="color: #6aa84f;">curfew</span>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- "<span style="color: #3d85c6;">sleep tightly</span>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- <u>and how to clean chimnies with a live bird...so sweet.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I also <strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">signed a Happy Birthday card</span></strong> for <strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">William Shakespeare</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Just a hop and a skip away was <strong><em><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Stratford-upon-Avon</span></em></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I thought it was nice and I enjoyed <u><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong>my first Magnum bar</strong></span></u> of the trip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Delightful</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">just <em>right outside</em><span style="color: #93c47d;"><strong> good ol' William's</strong></span> first cottage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We kinda saw his whole life in<em> a little snippet</em> I guess...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-where he was <strong>born</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-where he <strong>"courted"</strong> Anne</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and finally...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">-where he was<strong> buried</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Later that night we saw <span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><strong>"Twelfth Night."</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To say the least...it was<em> interesting</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I also bought a button that says</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's a quote from Shakespeare's <span style="color: #c27ba0;"><strong>"A Midsummer Night's Dream."</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Splendid :)</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>Today...</strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Chello <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><strong>Hampton Court</strong></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">You are <span style="color: purple;"><em>exquisite-absolutely, positively stunning.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I think <em>that if super heros could be buildings...you'd take the cake.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">and I really like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Especially your gardens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">I find those neat</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> Kenzie</span>, <span style="color: #f6b26b;">Paige,</span> <span style="color: #ffd966;">Me</span>, <span style="color: #93c47d;">Kayley</span>, <span style="color: #3d85c6;">MaCall</span>, <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Madeleine</span> and <span style="color: #c27ba0;">Kate </span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">P.S. I was also introduced to this <em>delicious</em> candy-<strong><span style="color: magenta;">Fruitellas.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's like a starburst...but <strong>even better</strong>. <span style="color: blue;"><strong>Mhmmm :)</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Sunday <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Harry Potter.</span></span></div>
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I went and saw the Millenium bridge <b>yesterday</b>.</div>
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<i>You know</i>,</div>
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the one those mean <b>Death Eaters</b> <u>attacked</u>?</div>
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Well, it was in the movie </div>
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<b>The Half Blood Prince.</b></div>
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I don't know <i>if <b>you</b> knew</i>...</div>
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but you're <u>kind of a movie star</u>. </div>
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I don't really remember </div>
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where you were when they attacked this bridge</div>
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but it's back up now.</div>
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You make<span style="color: #e06666;"> <span style="color: black;">us </span><b>muggles</b></span><b> </b>proud</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for putting an end to that </span><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">creep</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Voldemort</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">.</span><br />
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This is me at <b style="color: #ffd966;">that very bridge</b>!</div>
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I am oh so happy to report</div>
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that even though the attack <i>shook things up</i> <strong>a bit</strong> in London,</div>
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it is now back to it's proper form.</div>
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<b>And it is beautiful!</b><br />
Here is a picture in front of it to prove<br />
that it is <em>still standing</em>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Say <b>ello</b> to <span style="color: #e06666;">Jasmine</span>, <span style="color: #f6b26b;">Erin</span>, <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Me</span> and <span style="color: #c27ba0;">Amanda</span>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Today was an amazing Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have decided that doing my hair here is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">pointless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It just <span style="color: blue;">rains</span> here <i>allll </i>the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Actually,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">it was<i> the wettest reported April</i> here on<b> record</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Stick that in your back pocket, please? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I sat next to a <b>lovely</b> British boy in church today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">His name is <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Stewart</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I feel like <b>he restored my </b><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>hope</b> in London</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">after my <u>catastrophe of an experience</u> with the <span style="color: red;">Hun </span>last night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I <i>really</i> <span style="color: #e69138;">enjoyed</span> being at church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've decided that <i>everything</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I mean, <b><i>everything</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">sounds <u>so much better </u>with a <span style="color: #e06666;">British accent</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I never once dozed off in Sunday School. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The chaps reading the scriptures aloud</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">well, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>it all just made me happy. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Plus</em>, the neighborhood that the <span style="color: blue;">Britannia Singles Ward</span> meets in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>reminds me</strong> of <span style="color: #a64d79;"><strong>The Parent Trap</strong></span>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That's the movie that <em>forever ago</em> got me wanting to go to London</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">so I was </span><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;">dang</span> </span></em><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #e69138;">excited</span></strong>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On the way to church we got <em>completely</em> poured on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>walking through <span style="color: #38761d;">Hyde Park</span></strong>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As lovely as it was,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">we thought it would be nice to <span style="color: #cc0000;">take the bus</span> back</span>.<br />
A <em>splendid</em>, <strong>piano-playing</strong>, <span style="color: blue;">British chap</span><span style="color: black;"> from the Singles Ward</span><br />
was kind enough to lead us to the bus stop.<br />
He told us <u>everything</u> we needed to know<br />
about America.<br />
He said, <br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">"You guys all wear those <em>dodgy </em><strong>Levi</strong> trousers."</span><br />
What a <em>splendid </em><strong>young bloke</strong>!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here I am with <span style="color: #e06666;"><strong>MaCall</strong></span> on the bus ride home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tonight we had a fireside from <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong>Bishop Garith Newton-Williams</strong></span>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Turns out, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I'll be serving in his ward</em> :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We'll be getting our <strong><span style="color: purple;">callings</span></strong> soon and I simply cannot wait!</span><br />
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His advice for us during our time here<br />
was <em>great</em>.<br />
He said to,<br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-large;">"Get Stuck In."</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">I really want to take that to heart.</span><br />
By that, <br />
he means for us to just <strong><span style="color: #674ea7;">get out</span></strong> as much as we can.<br />
If we <u>have</u> to do homework...do it... <br />
<span style="color: #e06666;">in the park</span>,<br />
<span style="color: #f6b26b;">on the bus</span>,<br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">on the tube</span>,<br />
or maybe...<br />
<strong><span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">just don't do it?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Noooo he <em>didn't say that last one</em> :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well, tomorrow we are off to <strong>Stratford-on-Avon</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and I'm <em>quite stoked</em> to see </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Shakespeare's Stomping Grounds.</strong></span><br />
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Goodnight!<br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>p.s.</strong> I got to <span style="color: cyan;"><strong>skype</strong></span> my parents (and our puppy Bella) tonight </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">from the <em>super classy</em> <span style="color: red;">Burger King</span> down the street.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I <span style="color: #e69138;"><strong>miss</strong></span> them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I<em><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span><strong><span style="color: #c27ba0;">love</span></strong></em> them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Thank you</strong> Mom and Dad for giving me this opportunity :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I promise to love <u>every minute of it</u>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Welcome to the <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Day of Adventures</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was a day of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><u>funny</u> <span style="color: red;">Tube</span> conversations</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>toasted cheese</strong> sandwiches</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>fresh</em> <span style="color: #e06666;">raspberries</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">bridges</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>modern</em> art</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tuk Tuk Thai</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><u><em>angry woman</em></u></strong> at mentioned Thai restaurant</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">early showing of <strong><span style="color: purple;">The Avengers</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">getting <span style="font-size: large;">lost in London</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">getting <span style="font-size: large;"><em>soaked</em> in London</span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">...</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and I enjoyed </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #e06666;">every</span></strong> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>moment</strong></span> of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We started at <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">the London Bridge</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>hey hey</strong> <strong>Fergie!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is <span style="color: #e06666;">Erin</span>, <span style="color: #e69138;">Me</span>, <span style="color: #45818e;">Paige</span> and <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Mallory</span>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Then off to the <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Borough Market.</strong></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Many a friends have told me to buy a </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Toasted Cheese Sandwich</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">when coming to <strong>this</strong> market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em><span style="color: #134f5c;">I now know why</span></em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">These sandwiches, <em>are <strong>not</strong> just sandwiches</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">They're</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>well</em>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><strong>delicious, amazing, cheesy,</strong> scrumpcious sandwiches!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is <span style="color: #e69138;">Kate</span> and I with our cheesy <strong>cheesy</strong> sandwiches!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I absolutely <em>loved</em> being at the market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>It kind of reminds me of home a bit</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I love the <em>excitement</em>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the <span style="color: #674ea7;">hustle</span> and <span style="color: #674ea7;">bustle</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the <em>smells</em> in the air</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">the <span style="color: #f1c232;">bartering</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and just the <strong>tastes of</strong> <strong>everything</strong> you get to try.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The <span style="color: #e06666;">raspberries</span> were probably some of <u>the best</u> I have ever had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And oh goodness,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">you best believe I will be going back to buy some</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>chocolate <span style="color: #cc0000;">cinnamon</span> covered almonds</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After the market we walked over to the <em>Southwark Chapel</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Did you know</span> that this is the very chapel that <strong>Shakespeare</strong> attended church in?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I find that <em><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">rather </span></em>nifty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After this we were left to find<strong> the Tate Modern</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><strong>Picasso</strong></span> has some of his paintings there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We all had fun <em>interpreting</em> the different works of art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Specifically, there was one where <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I took on the role of being a <em>tour</em> guide</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My official <u>tour guide name</u> is<em> Shirley</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here I am,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> explaining this piece to my dear friend <strong>MaCall</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here are <strong><span style="color: purple;">the key points</span></strong>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-there are <em>very </em><strong>extinct</strong> <span style="color: #e69138;"><strong>newts</strong></span> (yes, I do recognize that this does <em>not</em> make any sense)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-the mothers place <strong>the double edged "comb"</strong> on the center of the back</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-they then <em>comb up</em> with the other two combs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">on both sides of the newt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">-this leaves the hair of the newts (yes, <span style="color: #e69138;">hairy newts</span>) <em>sticking straight out</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- then <em>all three</em> combs lock into place</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">leaving a </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">protective </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>shield</em>.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It gave us all a good laugh for the rest of the day.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I <strike>like</strike> love to see my friends happy :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Then, <em>ohhh ya know</em>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">we all just walked around in the busy city of London.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's <span style="color: #c27ba0;">crazy cool</span> <strong>how much free time</strong> they give us to just go out and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">explore</span><strong> </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">all </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">on </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">our </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>own</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It truly was a <em>day</em> of <strong>Adventures</strong>...and a <em>night</em> of <strong>Avengers</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It all started with dinner at this place called <span style="color: #e69138;">Tuk Tuk Thai</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(also a place I had heard delightful things about)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dinner was <span style="color: #f1c232;">quite tasty</span> and I even ordered a <span style="color: #cc0000;">Diet Coke.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When I saw the can</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I leaped for joy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was a <em>limited edition</em></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2012 </span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">London Olympics</span> can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I wanted to keep it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mmm but there was a waitress there who didn't just try to take this can from me <em>once</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">oh no, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">but <strong>twice</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">And she succeeded</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now, this <strong>lady...</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">she looks</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">exactly</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">like <strong><span style="color: blue;">the Hun from Mulan</span></strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And our whole table was <em><span style="color: #0b5394;">terrifed</span></em> of her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It seemed she didn't like us from when we </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><u>first walked in</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I think she was having a <em>rough</em> day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When we were ready to leave </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">she slammed her hands on the table and said,</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Enough!"</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And what upsets me most</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I left without my<span style="color: #cc0000;"> coke</span> can</span>.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now on to the night time...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>ohhh</em> baby.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That was full of <strong>running through</strong> <em>the Tube station</em></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">running through the <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">rain,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">all to make it to</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The Avengers</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Sorry USA</strong>, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">but it's <em>definitely </em>worth waiting for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Today</strong>...<em><strong>Tonight</strong></em>...every moment was full of <span style="color: #e69138;">fun surprises</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I cannot wait</em> for my first Sunday in England.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Britannia Singles Ward</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here we come!</span></div>
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