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So close

Felix, in his old age, sleeps a lot. He likes his food mixed with warm water to make it softer on his old teeth. He’s skinny and frail and sometimes he trips while scuttling across the hardwood floors. It’s hard to watch him get old. Monday we had a close call. I made plans with Phil — visitation plans, I guess you could call them, since I hadn’t seen him in more than a month…

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Lukesitting

Auntie Rebecca and I got to spend several hours with Luke yesterday while Ashley and JD went downtown for a bit of an anniversary celebration (happy five years, y’all!). We halfway expected to be wading in poop and spit-up by the end of the day — and were even warned to bring an extra shirt just in case — but I swear, that kid (once he woke up and got over his initial where-are-my-parents-and-who-are-you-weird-looking-brunettes? hissy…

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Little things

• I woke up yesterday with a brand new grey hair. Funny thing is, I can probably pinpoint the exact moment it sprouted Thursday night. • Our office calendars use the Futurama credit-sequence font for the names of the months. This pleases me to an exceptional degree. • Speaking of calendars, I still don’t have one in the apartment for 2008. I’ve also decided that I need a datebook so I can write down appointments…

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