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I sit here in Vegas, relaxing to the incessant noise of the penny slot machines, and wonder if I’m the only person in the world who uses panic as motivation. I knew I was taking this trip for months. I left on Thursday. On Monday I realized I had a list a mile long I’d not yet dealt with that needed handling before I left for two weeks. Got it all done by the skin of my nose… but got it done.

Yep, panic is my best motivator.

What better day to start shoving my pennies down the throats of the penny slot machines here in Vegas. It guarantees I’ll get rid of them much faster than usual… leaving me to wonder what I’ll do with the rest of the three days.

Oh well, off to the mob museum.

I leave for Vegas tomorrow. That means going to an airport and getting on a plane… possibly the least civilizing moment in the life of our current civilization. And all the while I will be panicked over my little feathered family that I’m leaving behind even though I know my house sitter Karie is absolutely wonderful and will take amazing care of them. Hmmm… maybe that’s why I’m panicking. Maybe I’m afraid that when I come back they won’t want me. They’ll just want Karie.

Ah the panic in a mother’s brain as she leaves her children in the care

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As my wonderful aunt nears the end of her journey, two of her granddaughters prepare to bring life into the world. Life sometimes has such a symmetrical rhythm.

I wonder if all those “Christians” who voted against prop 5, choosing exclusion instead of inclusion, choosing prejudice instead of acceptance, really think that their Jesus is proud of them as they sit in church today celebrating his resurrection?

Am I the only one who misses out on half of Wheel of Fortune because my brain is obsessing over figuring out how old Vanna White must be by now?

I will forever more be a “ma’am” to store clerks, never again a “young lady”.

The election is over. It’s safe to answer your phone again.

I’ve read and heard people being berated for supporting Proposition 5 by being called liberals. And I have to wonder. When did basic civil rights become only a liberal cause?