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And on the eighth day, I rested. I've been back East for seven days, and until today my schedule was packed tighter than an Asian's pussy with appointments, people to see, and things to do. Today was the first chance I had to just relax and take it easy. The only problem was, I thought I was going to need my father's car to get around town today, so I had him wake me up early so that I could drive him to work and take the car. I soon realized that my mother was not working today, [...]
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