Why did I have to break in? I only came here to talk

The North Saskatchewan River has swallowed its banks. It's muddy and black and more rain is expected.

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Petulant. I feel petulant when someone tells me to do something that I don't want to do. Or worse, to stop doing something that I am enjoying.

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Shawn is at a staff team building kind of event tonight, ironic since he's leaving the company. His absence means I am lounging about in flannel pants at 4:30 in the afternoon, eating take-out food, and planning to waste an evening in the bathtub. I may have two months of this ahead of me.

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