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All I kept thinking was how fast can I get back to my car and get out of this awkward arm lock thing we had going on. I hated it.

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I like my peace, I like my quiet, I like my sanity.

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By now, Zumper will have asked me if I’m a robot because I’m speeding through listings at a suspect rate. I sure do feel like a robot, I want to say.

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I mourn the body in the pictures inside the frames on my dresser from seven years ago. From nine. From ten. From twelve. From thirteen.

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I call my mother and hope she isn’t disappointed. 

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I want everyone to know I had a hysterectomy, and it changed me.

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I am in a different city, and it’s fine, but I wonder if it’s bad that I’m always just thinking about the other one.

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I don’t think I found myself, but I do think I learned a lot about my passions.