Well, I’ve had a busy yet relaxing week and now it’s time to get back to work. By work, I mean making up stories, watching anime, and reading manga… You can see why I needed a vacation! May 30, 2022 Hot Topic So, there’s been a little delay as we ended up missing our connecting flight because of delays to the first one taking off. As a result we had to stay a night in Washington DC. We should be home later today so that’ll be nice. As to the vacation, we spent a week at Walt Disney World in…
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