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[highcost_living]

I think it's safe to say I haven't been here. Not entirely. And here I am. Surprises happen still.

...Looks like I have vacation time on my hands. By fluke, can you believe it? At least I think it is a fluke. And a computer too!

Hello everybody out there.

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[ohrosalita]

..Hey.

[highcost_living]

Hello, Rose.

[ohrosalita]

You're like busses. Three along at once.

How're you?

[highcost_living]

Brother would be a double decker, all big and red. I can't speak for my sister. Maybe she'd be a Vespa.

I'm getting a sense of things. Good besides that. There are few places I haven't been... And here I am.

[ohrosalita]

I'm not sure she wouldn't be a clown car. Bright, a little wacky and prone to doing the unexpected. How about you?

Does it really count as a vacation spot?

[highcost_living]

I could see that too. How risky is a clown car though?

Anywhere beyond the normal stomping grounds is open game. If I had the choice I don't think this would have been my first pick.

[ohrosalita]

You've seen clown cars, they're designed to fall apart. It's okay so long as somebody knows how to put the pieces back.

Should I call you Aunt Didi, while you're here?

[highcost_living]

See, she'd know how to put them back together but not as a car.

Yes, and nothing else.

[ohrosalita]

Sure. Is it a secret, though?

[highcost_living]

I don't think that Aunt Death sounds very.. Aunt like. I think Aunt Em or Autie Mame. Didi fits.

I wouldn't say it's a secret. If anybody asks, I'll tell them. Everyone gets so jumpy.

[ohrosalita]

People just ask Uncle Ollie if he's a thrash metal fan.

You know you're someone's great aunt, too?

[highcost_living]

He looks the part now that I think about it. Good thing it isn't his brand of music.

Great aunt? I've only just become an aunt now I'm a great one!