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[gollymollie]

I think that two of the things which have defined "growing up" to me the most are having to take care of myself when I am sick and having to carry various licenses and cards and keys and codes around with me in my purse and in my head. I used to carry lipgloss and a (maybe) couple bucks in my back pocket and I had no idea what my social security

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[ebonyduchess]

I would hardly call you a crone, but if you insist...

let's have a coughing-up-yellow-gunk party. I just got sick today.

[jadugar]

Totally reminds me.

[claracter]

Strangely, I think I anticipated most of these encumbrances of adulthood without much apprehension. Such ineffective and inept management all around provoked in me a rather feisty, impatient learner. It seemed a dreadful thing at one point not to know how to spell one's middle name (of course, the orthography of Michaela is a bit counterintuitive), and I was comparatively fervent about the memorization of numbers and familiarity with names, dates, and times. Your response to childhood disorder seems so foreignly graceful and quietly resigned to me--when I witnessed my parents' imprudent and decadent ways, I sort of bossily dethroned them as legitimate authorities over my existence. Not in all arenas, but certainly some

[gollymollie]

Oh, that's perfect, perfect.

[h2ly]

i know i should be doing my 12-page anthropology paper which is due tomorrow and which i already got a week's extension for, but i feel like commenting on your post more. it's funny but i've always liked to have lots of resonsiblities. i guess they make me feel important in many ways. and yes, not only do i know my social security number, i also know my parents (even before i have my father's power of attorney). yeah, having power of attorney makes me feel important too.

do you by chance know an english professor teacher named Yelizaveta Renfro or James Ford?

and there's nothing wrong with being winter-pale. in Vietnam, people buy creams to make their skin paler, and your skin color has always reminded me of that of "Duong Quy Phi". she was the wife of one of the most famous kings in ancient china, also considered one of the four most beautiful women ever lived in China.

[anewsunset]

There are times I've felt the maiden, the mother, and the crone. It's real fun when you manage them all in one day.

Oh, that cleaning bug. It's hit Danielle and I as well. Mayhaps for different reasons. But when you cart out 6 bags of trash, you have to ask yourself one of two questions.
1. Where did all this crap come from and how did I manage to accumulate it so blythely?
OR
2. Am I in a transitional state and will later regret this mass exodus?

Myself, I think it was a little of both. I still have too much stuff.

Our solution was a garage sale. Cleaner rooms and pocket change. Somedays, that's enough to get me by in life. A thought, a hope, and the promise that I'm making something more.

[gollymollie]

It's the clothes that get me the most. I hate them and the more I hate them, the more they seem to be winning. I took a couple bags to the thrift store, but I find myself too sentimental to get rid of more.

American girls are feathers and cream.

[anewsunset]

Danielle's rule is:

If you haven't worn it in the past month, or intend to wear it this week, it goes.

Except for one box of clothes to be kept purely for sentimental reasons.

It helps when you downsize with friends. They are by turns supportive and by turns stern.

Re: American girls are feathers and cream.

[gollymollie]

That is a really good rule. Wow. Thank you. Maybe I need to have a closet-cleaning party. Have you already just had one?