I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t tired! Playing catch-up until 03:00 each day is a lot of work. However, it looks like things are about to change. There is light at the end of the tunnel… April 25, 2022 Hot Topic I don’t even remember how long it’s been since the nanny ghosted us as I’ve been awake continuously since then and every day and night have merged into one long block of time. I’d stopped covering seasonal shows just before it happened in the hopes of restarting my writing, but that too had to take a step…
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