Ten Things I Realized In The Last 24 Hours

1. Today is the first day I've ever used my laptop on my lap. Not the most comfortable thing.

2. I could never be a suit and tie guy in NYC. I'd be a pool of sweat before I even got on the Subway.

3. I like the people I care about to check in, just like my mom made me. Good grief!

4. I have a complete inability to let things go at night and just go to sleep. I worry about things like the parent of a teenager.

5. Absence only makes the heart grow fonder if the heart wants it to. Otherwise, it makes life much easier for one and more difficult for another.

6. 90% of Facebook posts are not original thoughts. It's truly losing it's luster.

7. A woman won $500,000 on a game show tonight for being a bigger bitch than her competitors. At the same time, 42 million people live in poverty.

8. Doing laundry at home as opposed to the laundromat is almost relaxing. Something about folding clothes is soothing. Aside from those fitted sheets.

9. Spending time in someone's house without them there is a strange feeling. I was looking for something that I normally knew its place and had to text them, because I didn't want to feel like I was snooping.

10. The moment when someone else's pets show you unconditional love is a special feeling. Waiting for their owner to show it, is a painful process.

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