August 2, 1999 - Monday Afternoon
I'm making Lasagna right
now. Tonight we're going over Tim and Shari's to meet Tim's
parents and sister who
are visiting this week. I hope my Lasagna comes out good. You
know
that if you're not Italian
and make your own sauce, the best sauce to use is Prego, tomato and
garlic. Mmm yummy.
My Italian friend used to argue with me about sauce all the time.
I'm
sorry but I can't make
my own sauce. It won't taste as good as Prego. Trust me.
Besides,
the secret to good Lasagna
is to mix sour cream with the cottage cheese. That is if you're
not a cottage cheese fan,
which I'm not. It makes it taste more mild. Trust me on this
too.
We're still not packed
and ready to go away tomorrow but I'm enjoying my time off just the
same. Dwayne has
to do laundry but right now he has decided to take a nap. I suppose,
since
it's his vacation too,
he can do that. This is going to sound awful but I hope I don't get
bored
up there. That's
why I only made reservations for two nights.
I have a really nice tan
on my right arm (and more freckles). It's from riding in the car
and
hanging my arm out the
window. Every place else is white. =o)
I forgot to mention that
the other day when I got the scanner I was supposed to be getting
my nails done. See,
on Friday Jennifer said she was going to get her nails done and since I've
been wanting to do that
I decided to get mine done too. Dwayne asked me how much it would
cost and I said around
$30 and so he said fine. On Saturday I dropped him off at work and
was going to go to the
mall but for some reason I decided to go to Walmart instead. Which
is
where I saw the scanner.
Which is where I bought the scanner. I could still get my nails
done but I decided to
save the money for the vacation instead. So I called Dwayne later
that
night and said, "Honey,
instead of spending $30 on my nails I decided to spend $60 at
Walmart." He didn't
mind. =o)
Women sometimes look at
me like I'm crazy when I tell them things like that. Things like
I
don't normally spend a
large amount of money without asking Dwayne first. He never minds
me spending money.
Infact he's always telling me to go buy some new clothes or go do this
or
that. But we always
put all our money together. There is no "my money" "his money".
It's all
"my money". Hehehehehehe...
just kidding! Actually I'm not. We cash his check and he takes
a little and gives me
the rest. =oÞ
So I've been playing with my scanner. Here are some more pictures that Manda drew...
That's totally cool.
I love the way she draws!
August 3, 1999 - Tuesday Evening
Well, right now we're in the White Mountains staying at a B&B. I decided to write while I'm here and then scan the entries I write when I get home (with my new scanner!). Why? Because.
I know it seems as though I'm addicted. Even while on vacation I feel I need to write in my journal. It's so weird how much a part of my life this journal has become. People misunderstand my addiction for the internet. writing in my journal brings alot of peace and contentment to my life.
Wow this is messy. Sorry! =o)
Right now Dwayne is trying to sleep but I took a picture of him and woke him up. Sorry HB!
I have an incredible urge to write something, like a note, and leave it somewhere in this room for another guest to find. I've always wanted to do that because I've always wanted to find one that someone else left behind.
So let me tell you a little bit about this place. Staying at a B&B is so different from a hotel. There is no lock to the door except a latch lock that you push up towards the ceiling. It's like sleeping over someone's house. Very strange and hard to get used to. But the room is totally beautiful. Very pretty and old fashioned. It has a hard wood floor that's crooked. There is an old cast iron vent thingy in the floor for the heat. I haven't seen one of those in ages.
That brings back memeories. My grandmother used to live in an apartment when I was very small and she had one of those in an upstairs room. I remember being up there and opening the vent and listening to the adult conversation. The vent lead down to the kitchen. We could even partially see them as they talked. I don't think I ever overheard anything terribly important or "adult" but I still felt like I was getting away with something.
Tuesday Night
We just got back from Dairy Queen. We were bored so we decided to go for a ride. On our way back we saw a moose! It was just a baby but still huge! Then we had to come to a complete stop for a confused racoon and wait for him to decide which way he wanted to go. Then we saw a bat. Then we saw an idiot truck driver, who happened to be carrying hazardous materials, passing everyone. Of course Dwayne is fascinated by anyone who drives worse than he does so he had to keep up with him.
The handsoap here smells
like men's aftershave. Weird. Going to bed! Nite!
August 4, 1999 - Wednesday Evening
We drove to Canada today! Not far into Canada, just maybe a few miles or so and then we came back. We had to do it just to say we did it. We drove about 6 hours today, saw three more moose!
I'm completely bored. Oh and by the way... I had to sleep on a regular bed last night. Or rather I should say NOT sleep. (I sleep on a waterbed at home so normal beds don't cut it for me.) I was tossing and turning ALL NIGHT! Man I can't wait to get home!
Dwayne will talk to anyone. It doesn't matter who you are, if you are standing within a few feet from him he will start a conversation with you. If you are standing more than a few feet from him but you still make eye contact he will start a conversation with you. I guess that's a good thing because I'm the total opposite.
Dwayne and Keisha are napping
again. I can't do that because then I really won't be able to sleep
tonight.
August 7, 1999 - Saturday Morning
I have lost all track of
time and have had to concentrate very hard on any given day to
remember the date.
Most of the time I have had to look on a calendar. NOT like me.
=o)
I'm liking my vacation
alot this year. EXCEPT for the two loooooonnnnngggg days up in the
boonies, where you have
to drive an hour to get to Dunkin Donuts and they close at 9:00pm.
What is wrong with those
people and how do they live like that? It's a nice place to visit
but
there's no way I could
handle living there. I have new found appreciation for my home.
I
love the town I live in.
I am so happy to be home. Sooooo happy.
The day we got back, Thursday,
we went to get Manda and Kara and that night we just hung
out and watched a scary
movie. "In Dreams". Very good movie! And Dwayne cooked
us a
steak dinner with corn
on the cob. He's the best steak cooker!
Then we got up (early)
the next morning (Friday) and drove to my brother's house with my
parents. He lives
in Marlboro, MA. We visited for a while and then went swimming in
his pool
and had a cookout in the
afternoon. His dog kept us entertained. He has this little
tiny
Yorkshire Terrier named
Pete and Pete thinks he's a stud. He has this little woolly toy
thingy, it's kind of shaped
like a gingerbread man, and Rick (my brother) calls it Pete's
"girlfriend". And
you don't want to know what Pete does with his "girlfriend", that
perverted dog! Hehehehe,
it was very funny! And Pete is adorable when he isn't busy "doing
other things".
Then we came home and watched another movie "Gloria".
This week has been so busy.
I wanted another chance to spend more time with Shari, Tim,
Krystle, and Tim's family.
We went over there this past Monday night and had a very nice
visit. Shari has
always told me great things about his parents and sister and it was really
nice
to be able to meet them!
But they're leaving today so I won't get the chance. That's a
bummer cause you know
how I feel about nice people! =o)
Tonight we're going to
visit my niece, Tammy, and her boyfriend, Chris, and go to the drive-in
movie theater. I
think we're going to see "Runaway Bride" and "American Pie". That
should
be fun! I haven't
been to a drive-in in years. I think the last one I went to was when
I was a
kid and saw "Endless Love".
Wow, that makes me feel old.
Dwayne cracks me up.
He's obsessed with washing the windows every time we go to the gas
station. I don't
think he cares that the window is clean or dirty. He just likes using
that
squeegee thing.
Oh and he's good at it. He takes pride in his squeegee handling abilities.
We have been getting along
really well during our vacation. It's funny that when he works so
much and we don't spend
any time together, when we are together we argue alot. But when
we spend all our time
together we get along great. It seems like it should be the other
way
around.
He was acting like a total
geek all day yesterday. I love it when he acts like that. When
we
arrived at my brothers
house we had to buzz him so he could open the door for us. Well,
there were about 10 door
bells there and they were all clearly labeled but Dwayne decided
to press all of the door
bells instead of just my brothers. My father got embarrassed (I'm
just like him and get
embarrassed easily) and it was quite funny. But I had to scold Dwayne
at the same time.
I've never said "Honey stop that" more in one day. Because every
time we
had to come in and out
of the door that day he rang all the door bells.
I wasn't around to witness
this but the girls told me that when they went with my father and
Dwayne to this place down
the road (my father wanted to get a picture of this water wheel
thing near where my brother
lives) Dwayne was being naughty there too. He found a feather
on the ground and every
time he was behind Dad he held the feather up behind Dad's head
making the girls laugh
and also probably some strangers as well.
And when we were in the
pool he was pretending to be Flipper, making dolphin noises and
everything. He's
quite crazy sometimes, and very funny. I was laughing my head off
all day
long.
Oh well, I better get going
now. I need to figure out what to feed these girls for breakfast
and go wake up HB!
August 9, 1999 - Monday Evening
I read a really good book
this past week. It made me cry. =o( It was about a man
who was
married to one woman and
in love with another woman. There was a fire and the woman that
he loved died and his
wife almost died. But what ended up happening was part of the spirit
of
the woman that died went
into the man's wife and he fell in love with her all over again.
It
was really weird and obviously
part fantasy, but still very well written and had alot of
emotion in it.
So what's REALLY cool is
that we have a new channel added to our cable called the "Romance
Channel". That is
definitely a good thing.
By the way, we didn't end
up going to the drive-in the other night because by the time we got
there it was sold out.
We went to play pool instead. Well, I didn't play I just watched.
I
felt very uncomfortable
in that atmosphere. Everyone in there was drinking and smoking.
I
just didn't fit in.
I didn't want to go back
to work today. I never thought I'd say that. But I loved my
vacation and loved spending
an entire week, 24 hours a day, with Dwayne. Now I'll be lonely
again. =o(
Rhonda came over tonight
and is visiting for a couple days. It's so nice to see the babies!
I
miss them so much because
I don't get to see them often enough. I love spending time with
them!
Well, I'm going to bed
now. Good night!
August 13, 1999 - Friday Evening
My website has been down
because the server that it was on crashed. So I had to upload
everything again.
It wasn't bad though. When I first tried uploading it wasn't working
and I
was going to start panicing.
I have worked so hard on this website and I didn't want all that
work to have been in vain.
But it's all better now. =o) I'm happy about that!
This week has been awful.
Work is unreal. I don't even want to go into it, except to say I'm
so tired and worn out.
The girls have been away all week so I didn't even have their
company. =o(
But Rhonda came over with the babies and stayed until Wednesday so that
was nice. I love
having guests lately!
Last night for some reason
I was so tired but I couldn't fall asleep. I didn't fall asleep until
5:30 am and then my alarm
went off at 7:30 am. I was still hyper half the day but after
lunch I sort of fizzled
out! I hate it when I'm restless like that. I just lay there
and I can't
lay still so I tap my
foot or something, and toss and turn. Poor Dwayne! But he's
so good
about it. Besides
the fact that he tends to cling to me at night, he has good sleeping habits.
We'll be laying there
and he'll be in a deep sleep but all I have to do is nudge him gently and
he knows that means turn
over. It's really cool. And he almost never wakes up grumpy,
no
matter how little sleep
he has gotten. I like him.
I miss him at night more
than ever since the vacation when we were together every evening.
(He works second shift
for those of you who don't know.) I miss cooking for him and sitting
next to him on the couch
to watch tv. Sometimes I feel like I can't take it anymore.
I want
my husband back!
I wish that God would change his schedule.
Oh boy, I'm listening to
a Bryan White cd. The song that just came on (called "I'm Not
Supposed To Love You Anymore")
is so sad. I love sad songs. They make me cry and believe
it or not I like that.
Kenny, at work, is leaving
to pursue another job opportunity. I'm not happy about that at all.
And not just because I
have to take over some of his responsibilities. We've worked
together for a year now
and I'm going to miss him.
I hate saying goodbye to
people. Because you know they are still out there somewhere but
they're no longer a part
of your life. Not because they can't be, but because you have closed
that chapter in your life.
And once I close a chapter I hardly ever re-open it. I'm not one
to
go backwards. It's
weird but at every stage of my life I'm the happiest I have ever been,
I
move on to the next stage
and I'm happier there than where I was before. Well, not happy
100% of the time but you
know what I mean. And you know when you say goodbye to someone
you won't forget them
but eventually someone else will fill in the hole they left. Not
completely and perfectly
but thoughts of them get pushed aside to make room for thoughts
of new people in your
life.
But actually I still think
about people I have said goodbye to. I never get over losing
someone.
And on that happy note
I'm saying goodnight now.
August 15, 1999 - Sunday Evening
It's pitch black outside
and Dwayne, Kara, and Manda are outside trying to scare eachother
I think. A little
while ago Manda came up to the window from outside, and it's the window
with the fan in it.
You know how your voice always sounds funny when you talk into a fan?
Well, she's out there
and all of the sudden I hear... "Luuuke, I'm your father." Through
the
fan. She is way
too funny. So Dwayne was supposed to be on his way to the laundry
room in
the other building but
I think he took a detour to try and find the girls. Bunch of nuts.
So today was an emotional
day at church. I haven't been for a couple weeks and I always
feel so far away from
God when I don't go to church. Lately I have felt far away anyways.
Dwayne has 5 younger siblings.
Two of them are identical twin girls, Sarah and Emily, they
are 10 years old.
They were sitting next to me in church, they're so cute because every
Sunday they both try to
reach me first so they can sit with me. Anyways they were sitting
next to me and as we were
singing I look down and they are both singing their hearts out.
And they have these beautiful,
high pitched voices and sing perfectly in tune. Children are so
special. I just
stopped singing and listened to them. =o)
A few weeks ago I was talking
to Dwayne and remembering something that happened when I
was young. I think
I was about 13 years old. I was staying over a friend's house and
she had
another one of her friends
there too. My friend's father was really cool; he let us stay up
as
late as we wanted and
pretty much do whatever we wanted. He didn't seem strict like a
normal father and a couple
of times he came in the room for a few minutes just to talk with
us and hang out.
Well, that night my friend and her other friend were sound asleep but for
some reason I kept waking
up. (I'm a very light sleeper.) One time when I woke up I looked
towards the door and it
was cracked a few inches and I could see my friend's father in the
doorway in his underwear.
I didn't think anything of it other than the fact that he must have
gotten up in the night
to check on us and maybe he didn't feel like throwing on some pants.
Well, the next time I
woke up, the door was cracked even more and I looked down and saw
my friend's father now
laying in the hallway with his shoulders and head sticking in the
doorway watching the other
girl who was laying on the floor sleeping. I STILL didn't think
anything of it.
The next morning I woke
up and told my friend what I saw and I giggled about it saying,
"your father is so weird".
She and the other girl just kind of chuckled and we dropped it. A
couple months later I
found out that her father had been charged with sexual abuse of her
and her friend and was
now in jail. When I think back on that situation I am so thankful
to
God for protecting me
that night. I was so innocent and naive to those kinds of things,
anything could have happened,
but I was safe.
I freak out when I think
about that. And when I think about how naive I was and not
understanding what he
was doing, the thought occurs to me that no child should know those
kinds of things.
Every child should be able to be innocent and naive.
At this point a lot of
people could be saying, "Well why did God protect you that night but He
doesn't always protect
other children?" This is always a difficult question to answer.
So
many people do not understand
God and how He works. Often times it seems unfair that
innocent people suffer.
I believe God allows things to happen, I don't believe He causes
them to happen.
If we never had a problem in this lifetime why would we need God?
He
allows things to happen
to draw us closer to Him, to teach us dependence upon Him.
This is my opinion anyways.
I'm not forcing my beliefs on anyone (after all, you're reading
this of your own free
will), this is just what I believe to be true. And since this is
my website
it's all about what I
believe and feel and know and all that good stuff. Hehehehehe, aren't
I
a stinker?!
Kay, gonna go to bed now!
Nite!!
August 21, 1999 - Saturday Evening
noise... backstreet
boys, millennium (no comments - I like them ok?!)
weather... yuck,
cold, drizzly
mood... ahhhh
(that means I feel good!)
Wow!!! It's been
so long since I've written! I've been so busy I just haven't possibly
had
time to write anything!
As you can see, I'm having
fun with some new art materials I bought and my scanner. I think
I'll start creating my
own graphics and make things a little more interesting around here!
Although some backgrounds
make it more difficult to read. I think this one is okay.
I love the men in my office.
Love them, love them, love them! Did I mention that I love
them?! Not that
I don't love the ladies I work with, because I do. But I need to
say that
those men are precious.
I had them moving the ENTIRE office around today. They were
crawling under desks and
on top of office furniture, rewiring cords through the ceiling,
everything - just because
I wanted to switch desks. And I didn't have to lift a finger.
I did
what I'm good at - the
heavy looking on! And they only made a couple comments about me
asking them to change
things over and over. Yes, I am typical... "Oh, just one more inch
-
nope, move it back, oh
wait... let me just step back and look from there... okay, put it back
the
way it was the first time...
nooo that's never going to work - it looks queer..." But even they
have to admit, the office
looks a million times better than it did before, and I'm a happy girl!
Which of course should
be everyone's ultimate goal - to make me happy.
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!
I'm going to make Chocolate Chip cookies for them. =o)
Buck came over after work
the other day to meet the girls. We had pizza and hung out.
We
went out for ice cream.
Buck drove. We lived. Although once I almost ended up in his
lap.
And I think it's a good
thing I couldn't understand the words to the music they were
BLARING. Then they
went outside to enjoy a thunder storm. I definitely feel my age when
I
hang out with them.
=o)
I'm kind of glad I'm not
18 anymore. I hated my life when I was 18. At that age you
are so
unsure of yourself and
struggling so hard to find yourself. I'm much happier now.
Shari
always told me that getting
older felt good for that reason. I know she's right but I'd like
to stop getting older
about right now. I feel good, I like my life, I'm a happy girl and
I'd like
to remain a girl.
I don't want to be a woman! I want to be a girl! I want to
be young! Will
someone please do something
about this for me? If you do I'll make you some Chocolate Chip
cookies too! I'm
a good cookie maker!
I'm getting very aggravated
trying to look for an apartment. I have the money saved to
move and we're more than
ready, but there aren't any apartments available that allow dogs!
Actually every apartment
advertised always has like 20 or 30 applicants and they get rented
usually the same day they
go in the paper or shortly after. It's so annoying. I should
take
out my own add...
"HEY! We have a dog,
she likes to lick but other than that she's okay! And the rest of
the
family keeps their tongues
to themselves. Rent us a darn apartment! We're nice!"
Or something like that. Hehehehehe... I crack myself up!
Oh man, wanna know what
I just did? I'm the biggest geek in the world. I have a cup
of
water with my paintbrush
sticking in it next to my cup of iced tea. I picked up the paint
cup
and ALMOST drank it.
That is nasty. Whew I'm glad I was paying attention!
Okay, I'm gonna go play
some more!
August 22, 1999 - Sunday Evening
So check out my fish! Isn't he cute?! Don't ya just want to kiss him?!
Today was a lazy day.
We all took a nap. I love taking Sunday afternoon naps. Then
we went
shopping and when we came
home Dwayne cooked supper! Yay! I like it when that happens!
But listen to how sick
in the head I am... this morning when I woke up I was actually
disappointed that it was
Sunday. I wanted it to be Monday. That's ludicrous I know.
Hey! Our cherry tomatoes
are growing like mad! We didn't even plant any cherry tomato
plants; these were left
over from last year. Way cool. But Dwayne picks them and eats
them
as soon as they become
ripe.
You know what? I
don't have much to say tonight. I think I'll hurry up and go to bed
so it will
be Monday soon.
I guess I'm just bored!
Night!
August 23, 1999 - Monday Evening
noise... teenagers
and husbands
weather... muggy
mood... disoriented
Dwayne is talking about
the neighborhood dogs. He's upset because they come over and pee
on our steps. They
did it today. He's not impressed.
So today was a rather difficult
day for me. I'm very anal about my desk and since I have a
new desk and new set up
I was completely disoriented. My stapler was not in the right
place. Someone said,
"Well, put it in the right place." I couldn't because there was no
right
place. I have a
new desk. The right place would be on the old desk right next to
the fax
machine which is not on
my new desk. See? So I have been very confused today.
Plus I'm
moody anyways. Happy
one minute, sad the next. Oh the joys of being a woman.
Then I had to come home
and make dinner and now I'm baking cookies. I wanted to write a
song and color and I still
have laundry folding ahead of me. I will never get it all done.
AND
I'M NOT HAPPY because
Dwayne did the laundry and AGAIN refused to use Downy Balls.
He told me to stop nagging
him about using fabric softener and asked me if I wanted to do
the laundry myself.
I told him if he was going to do it, then do it right! Why do men
have to
be the way they are?
Now my clothes won't smell Downy Fresh. I'm totally bummed out!
And normally I'm a very
good cookie maker but my heart just isn't in it tonight and they
aren't coming out that
great. I'm in a very blah mood. Plus I'm tired. Plus
it's hot and I get
cranky in the heat.
Ooops, there's the dinger... gotta check the cookies...
I know what the cookie
problem is. Normally I use 1/2 margarine and 1/2 shortening but this
time I used all margarine.
Oh well. I'm sure they'll still get eaten. What stinks though
is
that I really want to
go to bed but I can't until they're done. YAWN!
Okay, I'm leaving now...
August 24, 1999 - Tuesday
noise... believe
it or not we are listening to an old tape Dr. Hook from 1972 (wow, I was
only 2 years old
- cool)
weather... it's
still muggy =o(
mood... I'm not
sure - I guess that means indecisive
Okay, I finally feel a
little better in my new desk because I found the right colors to use on
my monitor. I was
freaking out with the colors that were on there. I needed MY colors
on
there. Once that
was done I was much better. And I think I feel at peace with the
new spot
for the stapler.
My only problem now is that my little paperclips are mixed in with my large
paperclips and that is
illegal in my world.
So the cookies were a success
even though they were kinda gross in my opinion. Everyone
else seemed to like them
so that's good. Next time I need to put my heart into it though.
But yesterday I was so
blah. Today I felt much better. I was in a good mood even though
I
couldn't chat with the
Giggler. =o(
"So why did I give my heart
so fast? It never will happen again... " I'm singing.
This is a cool
tape. I like it.
I remember all these songs.
Hmmmm, this entry is taking
a long time tonight. I keep getting interrupted. Actually all
my
entries take a long time.
I write them over a couple hours normally while I'm doing different
things around the house.
Well, I have to go for
now!
August 28, 1999 - Saturday Morning
You know, sometimes I feel
like I live my entire life online. I had a really stupid dream last
night. Remember
the friend I mentioned a while back, the very first friend I made online,
who ended up going offline
and I never heard from him again? Well, it's been over a year
since I've had any contact
with him, you'd think I could have forgotten him by now. But last
night I dreamed that I
was online. I don't even know where I was because it wasn't at
home. I was using
someone else's computer or something. And suddenly he came online.
It
must have been like he
came on ICQ. Well, as soon as we opened a chat room something
happened to the computer
and it died and all we got to say was "Hi". I freaked out in my
dream and frantically
tried to get home so I could go back online but things kept happening
to prevent me from getting
home no matter how desperately I tried to get there.
Some things I will never
understand which frustrates me to no end. There's no reason for
me to be dreaming about
him. I wish I could just get over it. GET OVER IT Bethany.
And
now I'm talking to myself.
=o)
I've been really busy lately.
When I have had time to come online I have been working on my
God page that I'm adding
to my site. I have fought with myself for a long time over whether
to add a God page.
It's not that I'm afraid to admit that I'm a Christian because I'm
definitely not afraid
of that. I have no problem stating what I believe and debating and
defending my beliefs to
anyone. I think the biggest thing that I'm worried about is people
clearly seeing both sides
of me and calling me a hyprocrite because I don't live a perfect
Christian life no matter
how hard I try. Because to be honest sometimes I don't try very
hard. Sometimes
I like being worldly too much. Sometimes I rebel against what I know
is
right. Sometimes
I get tired of being a "good girl". But none of that changes the
fact that
God loves me and has a
plan for my life. It doesn't change the truth.
And I feel like if I open
that side of myself to everyone I will fail them if I am not a good
example of what a Christian
should be. But I have decided that I'm just going to be me, in all
my UNperfect glory, and
let God worry about the rest. Because no matter how "bad" I can
be sometimes, God never
changes and that's what I'm sharing; how good God is.
I start way too many sentences
with "and", "but", and "because". That is very poor english,
but it's the way I talk
in person. So (there's another one) I'm going to continue to do it!
Ooooh, I'm just a rule
breaker all the way around! hehehehehe
I have alot to do today.
Gotta go grocery shopping. Man, I get tired of that. I get
tired of
trying to find new meals
to cook. AND I have to clean. I'm tired of that too.
I don't know
how women who have children
do everything; work and clean and cook and all that. I'd be
completely worn out.
No wonder why women are the way the are. Ooh, you didn't hear me
say that.
Rhonda is coming with the
babies today! Wooooo Hooooo!!! I can't wait to see those little
girls!
Kay, I'm leaving... I have
to start my day!
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