Spammers never quit, it seems, and I boggle. Really, now, one would think I would have to at least buy a ticket in order to win a UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, if not actually live there. They hid the recipients list, so it wouldn’t be quite so obvious that I wasn’t the only “winner,” and at least the hotmail address has a proper .uk suffix. Still, I had to laugh.

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Well, it was an interesting trip. I initially told Mom I couldn’t go, because the funeral was scheduled for Wednesday and work was supposed to be really busy all week, but when I went in on Monday, my boss told me they’d manage without me if I needed to go. At first I thought, No, that’s okay, I know things are going to be rough here, but then I remembered when my aunt died in 2004 and I couldn’t afford to fly from LA - I was miserable the whole time everyone else was at the funeral. I decided to accept his offer and go with my family.

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