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It is coming...



I am working on my race report.
Why, oh why, can I just not keep these things short?

The goal was to finish it tonight
but seeing how it is 11:30 pm,
I have no choice but to go to bed.

Karl's birthday present was a new camera!
Our old one died and I found one that is
waterproof, shockproof, and lifeproof!
Just what we need!
I could not pass it up!
We took it to the pool with us today and had a blast!

More later...





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