This is supposed to be Hubby's Fri off. He works a 9/80 work schedule so that they have every other Fri off. At the moment his boss is trying to coax as many people in on those 'off' Fridays to support an effort they don't directly support. Anyhow, I digress.
We had plans for today so he's taking off early but the climax will be this evening when we leave Peanut with my sister & take Little Man to his first MLB game!!! Even though the Astros don't stand much of a chance of winning against Detroit tonight that's where we'll be!
Hubby was given the tickets and they are GREAT seats! We don't think Peanut would stay happy very long AT ALL with a 7:00 start time so he will be much better off where he can just go to sleep by 8, lol.
I hope Little Man has a great time though! (Even though he doesn't really care about sports yet, lol.)
Friday, June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson
I don't like the media today. I really don 't. 24 hour news channels find themselves digging for something to call news and get hung up on things too easily.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's horribly sad that MJ is dead at 50 & I can't imagine what his children are going through, but still. I don't understand why the media decided to cover this NON-STOP until the wee hours of the morning.
No, seriously. As I crawled into bed last night between 10-11 many channels were STILL covering it as non-stop news. My problem with this is that it's not really an unfolding story. He's dead. He's 50. He's survived by 3 children. It's believed he suffered cardiac arrest. But for now that's ALL the info there is!!!! How many millions of times can you repeat the same info in an hour? I'm not exactly sure but the news outlets might have hit a record yesterday.
All I could think last night was that there has GOT to be something else going on in the world. And poor Farrah Fawcet's family...not a mention of her death once MJ was taken to the hospital.
Instead of shootin' from the hip they could put together a nice tribute special and air it instead.
I just don't understand why they covered nothing but that one story all night.
Yes it's sad. Yes it's tragic, sudden, unexpected. I don't mind being kept up to date on what's going on, but did it require 8+ hours of non-stop coverage? No.
Just My Opinion & Rant for the morning.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's horribly sad that MJ is dead at 50 & I can't imagine what his children are going through, but still. I don't understand why the media decided to cover this NON-STOP until the wee hours of the morning.
No, seriously. As I crawled into bed last night between 10-11 many channels were STILL covering it as non-stop news. My problem with this is that it's not really an unfolding story. He's dead. He's 50. He's survived by 3 children. It's believed he suffered cardiac arrest. But for now that's ALL the info there is!!!! How many millions of times can you repeat the same info in an hour? I'm not exactly sure but the news outlets might have hit a record yesterday.
All I could think last night was that there has GOT to be something else going on in the world. And poor Farrah Fawcet's family...not a mention of her death once MJ was taken to the hospital.
Instead of shootin' from the hip they could put together a nice tribute special and air it instead.
I just don't understand why they covered nothing but that one story all night.
Yes it's sad. Yes it's tragic, sudden, unexpected. I don't mind being kept up to date on what's going on, but did it require 8+ hours of non-stop coverage? No.
Just My Opinion & Rant for the morning.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Me...the Dentist...ARGH!!!!
I don't actually know anyone who enjoys going to the dentist but I'm sure most people aren't quite as extreme in their anxiety as I am when it comes to the dentist, either.
Last week while we were out of town I started to have some pain in my tooth which I assumed was a cavity. I called from a parking garage in Rhode Island to make an appointment for this week because I do not mess around with pain in my mouth!
Since I'm pregnant that meant a whole other ordeal about getting a letter from my doc, etc.
I walk in the door & the smell instantly hits the pit of my stomach. What is it with the smell in the dentists office? Anyhow, after they took the one x-ray the dentist sits down & it goes something like this. (D=Dentist M=Me)
D-"Good Morning, how are you doing this morning?"
M - "I'd be a lot better if I weren't in this chair. The dentist isn't exactly my favorite person, I practically need a valium just for a cleaning!"
D - he chuckled and said, "I don't think the dentist is most people's favorites."
(I'd not been to this dentist before as he was recommended by one of Hubby's coworkers, but he was REALLY NICE and very gentle).
Then he went to go look at the x-rays and decide what to do. WHY must they make you sit so long? I can't stand the sound of their tools. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee in the next "cubby" over. OMG I feel for that woman sitting in THAT chair right now!
ARGH! UGH! BLECH! It makes me cringe. No, you don't understand...I don't even like the sensation or sound of them poking around my teeth with that pick and/or mirror!!!!
It turns out I have a tiny cavity that is shallow in one tooth & another tooth that is just starting to crack. It's the crack that is causing the minimal pain I have. I think he could see my heart beating out of my chest at this point, lol. The thought of having this done with nothing but a local...INSTANT anxiety attack, lol.
I need me some gas or some valium...SOMETHING!!!!
The good news is that he informed me that none of this is so severe that it needs to be addressed immediately. I believe his exact words were something like, "This can wait until you're done being pregnant & you can have some valium before hand." LOL!
I think I've only had valium one other time in my life & THANK GOD I had it! I've always just had gas at the dentist but apparently fewer & fewer of them are using it?? WHY?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!
Last week while we were out of town I started to have some pain in my tooth which I assumed was a cavity. I called from a parking garage in Rhode Island to make an appointment for this week because I do not mess around with pain in my mouth!
Since I'm pregnant that meant a whole other ordeal about getting a letter from my doc, etc.
I walk in the door & the smell instantly hits the pit of my stomach. What is it with the smell in the dentists office? Anyhow, after they took the one x-ray the dentist sits down & it goes something like this. (D=Dentist M=Me)
D-"Good Morning, how are you doing this morning?"
M - "I'd be a lot better if I weren't in this chair. The dentist isn't exactly my favorite person, I practically need a valium just for a cleaning!"
D - he chuckled and said, "I don't think the dentist is most people's favorites."
(I'd not been to this dentist before as he was recommended by one of Hubby's coworkers, but he was REALLY NICE and very gentle).
Then he went to go look at the x-rays and decide what to do. WHY must they make you sit so long? I can't stand the sound of their tools. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee in the next "cubby" over. OMG I feel for that woman sitting in THAT chair right now!
ARGH! UGH! BLECH! It makes me cringe. No, you don't understand...I don't even like the sensation or sound of them poking around my teeth with that pick and/or mirror!!!!
It turns out I have a tiny cavity that is shallow in one tooth & another tooth that is just starting to crack. It's the crack that is causing the minimal pain I have. I think he could see my heart beating out of my chest at this point, lol. The thought of having this done with nothing but a local...INSTANT anxiety attack, lol.
I need me some gas or some valium...SOMETHING!!!!
The good news is that he informed me that none of this is so severe that it needs to be addressed immediately. I believe his exact words were something like, "This can wait until you're done being pregnant & you can have some valium before hand." LOL!
I think I've only had valium one other time in my life & THANK GOD I had it! I've always just had gas at the dentist but apparently fewer & fewer of them are using it?? WHY?!?!?!?!?!??!!?!
Heat Advisory
It's currently about 100 degrees. Real feel is somewhere about 106. So hot it doesn't matter. My poor a/c is getting a killer of a workout. I dread what that bill is going to be this time because it's been bloody hot for a few weeks now. I sure hope they are forecasting things correctly and maybe by Mon we'll start to get some relief.
I don't really watch the news but did hear the meteorologist say (I think on Tues) that it hadn't been this hot here in TWO YEARS!
We should be closer to 90 in temp...NOT 100!!!
Forecast for us for the rest of the day:
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Highs around 104. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent in the afternoon.
If we even feel that breeze...it's only going to feel like a hair dryer!
Our yard would appreciate ANY water that may fall from above because yes, it's not only blazing hot but it's bone dry!
Blech!
I don't really watch the news but did hear the meteorologist say (I think on Tues) that it hadn't been this hot here in TWO YEARS!
We should be closer to 90 in temp...NOT 100!!!
Forecast for us for the rest of the day:
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Highs around 104. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent in the afternoon.
If we even feel that breeze...it's only going to feel like a hair dryer!
Our yard would appreciate ANY water that may fall from above because yes, it's not only blazing hot but it's bone dry!
Blech!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Thank You, Audra!
Hubby has this great co-worker, Audra. While on her family vacation to DisneyWorld she picked up an extra one of these little spinning Mickey's for us. The one we picked up while there in Nov 2007 is finally dying & both of the boys just love the thing.
Here's the proof that he is extremely happy & thinks they are both his. :)
Here's the proof that he is extremely happy & thinks they are both his. :)
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Home Sweet Home
Some people say Home is where the heart is. I say it's where the comfy bed is!! We stayed at a Radisson & Hubby was excited to try out the sleep number bed. UGH! He says it was the best 3 nights sleep he's ever had. I say 3 worst. Okay maybe not worst but they were bad.
We finally got home a little after 1am on Fri night/Sat morning and having a VERY full day of MA, RI & flying with 2 little ones to get home. My bed never felt so good. I couldn't believe how swollen I was! I'm not THAT far along (19ish weeks) and swelling daily now. Great.
The boys were great on the planes. Once again, it never gets old to have people tell you how well your children behaved in a situation like that. Believe me, there is very little I can do to control my 13mo anyway, lol.
So nice to be home!
Will write about "the creepy guy" in just a bit.
We finally got home a little after 1am on Fri night/Sat morning and having a VERY full day of MA, RI & flying with 2 little ones to get home. My bed never felt so good. I couldn't believe how swollen I was! I'm not THAT far along (19ish weeks) and swelling daily now. Great.
The boys were great on the planes. Once again, it never gets old to have people tell you how well your children behaved in a situation like that. Believe me, there is very little I can do to control my 13mo anyway, lol.
So nice to be home!
Will write about "the creepy guy" in just a bit.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
PBS
PBS is one of those strange little things. It's not dependable. Disney is dependable. It doesn't matter what time zone you're in, you know what's going to come on & when.
Since I'm stuck in a hotel room on a rainy day with 2 little boys you'd better believe the tv is on children's programming in the background.
This hotel for whatever reason does NOT have Disney. They don't even have Nick!! I don't really care for Nick but I'd take that over all the news channels. This hotel does a lot of business with businessy types. Not so much the families.
I'm not sure if this is a station out of Boston or what but it SUCKS! Little Man LOVES the PBS line up we have back home. I was disgusted today when this station showed the same episode of Word World as they did yesterday. Come on now...I know there aren't just a jillion of these shows yet but did you really have to show it twice in a row?? Ugh! Little Man LOVES that show with all the letters and spelling.
They show Bob the Builder here. I had no idea ANYONE still aired Bob the Builder, lol. OMGosh! Some STUPID show, Martha the talking dog or something? Holy Cow that was just LAME...and also not on our line up down there.
Good thing we brought the DVD player & hook ups for the TV. :)
They are showing Barney right now for the second time today. Once is plenty...that's FOR SURE, lol. Oh wait! This is either the same episode as earlier this morning or yesterday. Great...how original!
Once this is over the kiddie programming is over. We'll go for a walk around the hotel (not outside because it's cold & raining) but the hotel itself is pretty cool. It looks like a castle & it's HUGE. Then we'll come back, have lunch & let them pick a movie to put on as their next round of background noise.
Tonight is our last night here. Tomorrow we are going to go see some beaches before we fly back home. We won't be getting home until VERY late tomorrow night. We took the last flight out we could get so we'd have the whole day to enjoy. :)
Since I'm stuck in a hotel room on a rainy day with 2 little boys you'd better believe the tv is on children's programming in the background.
This hotel for whatever reason does NOT have Disney. They don't even have Nick!! I don't really care for Nick but I'd take that over all the news channels. This hotel does a lot of business with businessy types. Not so much the families.
I'm not sure if this is a station out of Boston or what but it SUCKS! Little Man LOVES the PBS line up we have back home. I was disgusted today when this station showed the same episode of Word World as they did yesterday. Come on now...I know there aren't just a jillion of these shows yet but did you really have to show it twice in a row?? Ugh! Little Man LOVES that show with all the letters and spelling.
They show Bob the Builder here. I had no idea ANYONE still aired Bob the Builder, lol. OMGosh! Some STUPID show, Martha the talking dog or something? Holy Cow that was just LAME...and also not on our line up down there.
Good thing we brought the DVD player & hook ups for the TV. :)
They are showing Barney right now for the second time today. Once is plenty...that's FOR SURE, lol. Oh wait! This is either the same episode as earlier this morning or yesterday. Great...how original!
Once this is over the kiddie programming is over. We'll go for a walk around the hotel (not outside because it's cold & raining) but the hotel itself is pretty cool. It looks like a castle & it's HUGE. Then we'll come back, have lunch & let them pick a movie to put on as their next round of background noise.
Tonight is our last night here. Tomorrow we are going to go see some beaches before we fly back home. We won't be getting home until VERY late tomorrow night. We took the last flight out we could get so we'd have the whole day to enjoy. :)
Random Thoughts
One of the most disgusting sounds to me: Scooping scrambled eggs out of a larger container of scrambled eggs. YUCK.
Today, I again took the boys down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast (included in our stay) and as I dipped that spoon into that big nasty batch of eggs, the squishy, nasty sound just made me cringe. As it did yesterday & I'm sure it will again tomorrow. YUCK!
Now You know why I called it Random thoughts!! lol
Little Man is eating up the spelling like crazy. Today at breakfast he learned how to spell EGG & BUG. Yes there were eggs, but no...thankfully no bugs showed up to join us. Speaking of eggs, he is STILL obsessed with them. I brought him his plate of food and he insisted that I go back and get him eggs. Yesterday I FINALLY got him to take one bite. It went something like this.
Me: "Good Job eating the yummy egg! Was that yummy?"
Him: "Yeah" (just so you know he's allowed to say 'yeah' because he cannot say 'yes' and at least everyone understands 'yeah' unlike his previous chosen word of 'ah-hee')
Me: "I'm glad you like the eggs, do you want another bite?"
Him: "MO" (that means NO)
And that was it for the eggs. Today I asked if he had any intention of eating them and he told me, "MO". I asked if he was just going to look at them and he said, "Yeah". HA! I love that kid!!!
He can now spell (& pick the word out of a line up) & write:
Man I hope Peanut grows into his head.
Today, I again took the boys down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast (included in our stay) and as I dipped that spoon into that big nasty batch of eggs, the squishy, nasty sound just made me cringe. As it did yesterday & I'm sure it will again tomorrow. YUCK!
Now You know why I called it Random thoughts!! lol
Little Man is eating up the spelling like crazy. Today at breakfast he learned how to spell EGG & BUG. Yes there were eggs, but no...thankfully no bugs showed up to join us. Speaking of eggs, he is STILL obsessed with them. I brought him his plate of food and he insisted that I go back and get him eggs. Yesterday I FINALLY got him to take one bite. It went something like this.
Me: "Good Job eating the yummy egg! Was that yummy?"
Him: "Yeah" (just so you know he's allowed to say 'yeah' because he cannot say 'yes' and at least everyone understands 'yeah' unlike his previous chosen word of 'ah-hee')
Me: "I'm glad you like the eggs, do you want another bite?"
Him: "MO" (that means NO)
And that was it for the eggs. Today I asked if he had any intention of eating them and he told me, "MO". I asked if he was just going to look at them and he said, "Yeah". HA! I love that kid!!!
He can now spell (& pick the word out of a line up) & write:
- ball
- cat
- mom
- dad
- bug
- bat
- dog
- hi
- big
- hot
- fly (he learned this one on the airplane)
He can also spell his & his brother's names. Although he can't say either of them properly. Or even close for that matter, lol. There are probably more words but this is all I can think of off the top of my head.
Peanut. That kid is a mess. First night here none of us got any sleep. Yesterday the child who still usually takes 3 naps only took ONE 1 hour nap. OMG! So he's asleep right now, YAY!
Yesterday he took like 3 or 4 slow steps sideways while he thought I wasn' t looking so I decided to try to get him to walk some more but this time noticed that now he's turning his right foot out, dragging it & really doesn't want to walk forward. He's had no problem with us holding his hands and walking, he just won't do it on his own. But now even with holding our hands he's doing this. I hope it's extremely temporary.
He laughs hysterically when you call him a monkey or a piggy. He also loves to be tickled of course. It's been quite some time since I've had my camera out so I took a few last night.
Man I hope Peanut grows into his head.Tuesday, June 16, 2009
What a Day!
Well we did make it here to New Hampshire today. Most of the 'drama' was of the amusing kind.
Things like our taking bets on how long it would take Peanut to start screaming on a plane. (I won!) Things like the only pull up I had left that ended up in the toilet at the airport in Cleveland. Watching poor Little Man do the potty dance for what felt like forever while waiting to get off that airplane in Cleveland. Hubby's "happy child at Christmas" routine when he realized it was in deed a Tahoe that we were renting.
I can only imagine what we must have looked like with each of us pushing a child in a stroller and lugging 2 car seat bags, one large suitcase, a laptop bag with TWO laptops in it, the portable DVD bag, diaper bag, Little Man's Elmo backpack, & another bag that had nothing but snacks for the week in it. Yes, we know how to travel light! :)
At least we're old pros with airport security even though it's still a PIA.
I think we've sworn off flying for a while. Also still a PIA. Maybe when the kids are older but UGH on how much it takes to get from point A to point B. Then there was the issue of where we flew into (Providence). We typically opt for the straight through flight. Somehow we ended up with a connecting flight but the only thing I can remember about booking this travel was that it had SOMETHING to do with cost & schedule.
Let me just say, I live in the wrong place for summer! At home it's been up near 100 for the past week it seems. Yes, that's well above normal for us there this time of year. We were talking to the man driving the shuttle for the car rental from the airport when we mentioned how great it feels outside. He informed us that they are getting irritated here because it's been more cool & wet up here lately. They are ready for summer. I am thankful their summer has not yet arrived!
We are sleeping with the hotel window open tonight and I'm pretty sure I'll have to close it before I go crawl in bed.
On the other hand, I have ZERO desire to ever live in a winter wonderland again. NONE. Not to say I wouldn't, just that I don't care to.
Now since I have rambled on & on, I leave you with the icing on our cake this evening (because I have a couple of 'bad' stories that I can't even tell here. I'd get Hubby in TOO MUCH trouble) ...Shortly before bedtime tonight, I discovered that Peanut has scarlet fever. Great.
Good News: No fever, he seems to be fine so we'll call his pedi in the a.m. & have her call in something up here.
And a recap for those who don't remember when Little Man had it a couple of summers ago (ironically shortly AFTER visiting NH) Scarlet Fever needs a name change so that people will stop thinking about how things were 100 years ago. It's just strep folks. It's a rash that is caused by toxins released with the strep. If you're sensitive to the toxins, you get the rash. There are lots of forms of strep.
OH: One last thing before I go; it took Peanut about 2 seconds to start screaming when we got on the plane. Almost like he was claustrophobic or something. He did calm down & take a good nap on the plane. He actually did really well on both flights & gave us limited trouble.
Things like our taking bets on how long it would take Peanut to start screaming on a plane. (I won!) Things like the only pull up I had left that ended up in the toilet at the airport in Cleveland. Watching poor Little Man do the potty dance for what felt like forever while waiting to get off that airplane in Cleveland. Hubby's "happy child at Christmas" routine when he realized it was in deed a Tahoe that we were renting.
I can only imagine what we must have looked like with each of us pushing a child in a stroller and lugging 2 car seat bags, one large suitcase, a laptop bag with TWO laptops in it, the portable DVD bag, diaper bag, Little Man's Elmo backpack, & another bag that had nothing but snacks for the week in it. Yes, we know how to travel light! :)
At least we're old pros with airport security even though it's still a PIA.
I think we've sworn off flying for a while. Also still a PIA. Maybe when the kids are older but UGH on how much it takes to get from point A to point B. Then there was the issue of where we flew into (Providence). We typically opt for the straight through flight. Somehow we ended up with a connecting flight but the only thing I can remember about booking this travel was that it had SOMETHING to do with cost & schedule.
Let me just say, I live in the wrong place for summer! At home it's been up near 100 for the past week it seems. Yes, that's well above normal for us there this time of year. We were talking to the man driving the shuttle for the car rental from the airport when we mentioned how great it feels outside. He informed us that they are getting irritated here because it's been more cool & wet up here lately. They are ready for summer. I am thankful their summer has not yet arrived!
We are sleeping with the hotel window open tonight and I'm pretty sure I'll have to close it before I go crawl in bed.
On the other hand, I have ZERO desire to ever live in a winter wonderland again. NONE. Not to say I wouldn't, just that I don't care to.
Now since I have rambled on & on, I leave you with the icing on our cake this evening (because I have a couple of 'bad' stories that I can't even tell here. I'd get Hubby in TOO MUCH trouble) ...Shortly before bedtime tonight, I discovered that Peanut has scarlet fever. Great.
Good News: No fever, he seems to be fine so we'll call his pedi in the a.m. & have her call in something up here.
And a recap for those who don't remember when Little Man had it a couple of summers ago (ironically shortly AFTER visiting NH) Scarlet Fever needs a name change so that people will stop thinking about how things were 100 years ago. It's just strep folks. It's a rash that is caused by toxins released with the strep. If you're sensitive to the toxins, you get the rash. There are lots of forms of strep.
OH: One last thing before I go; it took Peanut about 2 seconds to start screaming when we got on the plane. Almost like he was claustrophobic or something. He did calm down & take a good nap on the plane. He actually did really well on both flights & gave us limited trouble.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Weekly Recap
Okay not really Christmas in June but I'm sure it felt like it to the boys!
We had to get up in the attic, where I swear it's 200 degrees, & find clothes for the Peanut. I am sure that Hubby didn't appreciate my need to go ahead and start bringing down the next round of toys for Peanut, either. Especially in light of the fact that we'll be headed out of town in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday. We're headed up to New England & my 'broken pregnant thermostat' are looking forward to the cooler temps.
Speaking of going out of town it's something we're really looking forward to. We are taking bets about how long it will take for Peanut to start his high pitch shrill once on the plane. UGH! When we come home they should sleep pretty much the whole way.
On a sad note this past week saw the death of Hubby's paternal grandmother & an elderly cousin of mine. It also finds Hubby's maternal grandmother's brother (That would be his grand uncle) very ill & not expected to make it much more than a week.
It's very VERY unfortunate that Hubby did not know his grandmother well at all. That cousin of mine suffered from Spina Bifida & made it to 74 years old & these last few years have been very bad. I was scared of her when I was a little girl but as an adult I can only imagine what life was like for her.
So please say a quick prayer for these families & esp for "Bud" so that he may be as comfortable as possible in his final days.
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On a side note: I've got to figure out what to do with my genealogy website. I've had it hosted at geocities for free for years now. Unfortunately for me, they are closing by the end of the year and I've got to figure out what to do with it. Any other good free hosting sites out there?
Guess I might have to suck it up & finally buy a domain & web hosting service.
We had to get up in the attic, where I swear it's 200 degrees, & find clothes for the Peanut. I am sure that Hubby didn't appreciate my need to go ahead and start bringing down the next round of toys for Peanut, either. Especially in light of the fact that we'll be headed out of town in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday. We're headed up to New England & my 'broken pregnant thermostat' are looking forward to the cooler temps.
Speaking of going out of town it's something we're really looking forward to. We are taking bets about how long it will take for Peanut to start his high pitch shrill once on the plane. UGH! When we come home they should sleep pretty much the whole way.
On a sad note this past week saw the death of Hubby's paternal grandmother & an elderly cousin of mine. It also finds Hubby's maternal grandmother's brother (That would be his grand uncle) very ill & not expected to make it much more than a week.
It's very VERY unfortunate that Hubby did not know his grandmother well at all. That cousin of mine suffered from Spina Bifida & made it to 74 years old & these last few years have been very bad. I was scared of her when I was a little girl but as an adult I can only imagine what life was like for her.
So please say a quick prayer for these families & esp for "Bud" so that he may be as comfortable as possible in his final days.
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On a side note: I've got to figure out what to do with my genealogy website. I've had it hosted at geocities for free for years now. Unfortunately for me, they are closing by the end of the year and I've got to figure out what to do with it. Any other good free hosting sites out there?
Guess I might have to suck it up & finally buy a domain & web hosting service.
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