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Hello, five day weekend. I've been anticipating your arrival.

In celebration of the start of my weekend and the holiday season being in full swing, I decided to try to do an activity of sorts. I'm very good at activities. It's why they let me be a guidance counselor. I'm kidding, mostly. But, I saw this and, please forgive the spelling error, but I thought it would be a nice one to pump up some positive vibes before I eat an entire turkey and all the mashed potatoes.



As for me, I would have been 22 and living in Ithaca, basically funding my Psychology degree with a football scholarship. I hated playing football (yes, I know that I coach it now at the high school, but that's different and I love it because of the kids) despite being good at it, but I sort of figured that the talent meant that I had to play it forever. The fact that I'm not playing it now would make 22-year-old me pretty happy, though maybe less happy about the injury, surgeries, and ability to tell when it's going to rain thanks to my shoulder, like some kind of old man.

Also, my mind would also absolutely be blown over the fact that I'm going to be marry Stella King, of all people. (No one tell her that she is and always has been out of my league, okay?)

Okay, you guys next. Hit me.

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WHO: Dahlia Liang & Verity McKinnon
WHEN: Sunday, November 24, 2019
WHERE: Their home
SUMMARY: Finally talking about that kiss.
WARNINGS: None!
BINGO: Dinner and a Show

( ''You lost your memories, and I had to seriously contemplate what it might be like to live my life without the friendship that has defined it.'' )

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It might be Tuesday, but I feel a need for judging some people singing karaoke while I drink something fruity. People should join me at High Note tonight to do that.

DAHLIA

Hey, you. I wanted to check in and see how you were doing. Both in general and with everything with Verity. I've been trying not to be too nosy, but I can only do but so much.

FRIENDS & FAMILY OF IAN & EZRA

As some of you already know, Ezra and I decided that we wanted to get married a couple of weeks ago. We had an initial plan, but some soul-searching had us changing things around -- and by soul-searching, I do mean a conversation with my mom that was, frankly, very convincing. (But when have I ever not listed to my mom, really?) So while I would like to thank everyone that helped with brainstorming the original ideas, this is what we've decided is best for us:

Next Wednesday, November 27th, we would greatly appreciate it if as many of you as are available were to come to City Hall here in town at 3PM to watch us get married. Mom and Henry are coming down already for Thanksgiving, so they will be there. We know that this is last minute and that it's afternoon on a week day, so we understand if you can't all make it, but if you can, do know that you're welcome. And if you can't make it, you're still all invited to dinner with us at The Square that evening at 7PM and also for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday evening at my place, if you don't already have plans. Most of you already have standing invitations to the latter as it is; if you had any question about it, now you know for sure.

Anyway, I believe that will do it. You are all incredibly important to us, so we wanted to include you as much as we could as we take this step together. Thank you for always being there and making us a possibly unconventional, but sincerely amazing family.

I think we all know by now, either first-hand or otherwise, that the dreams here in town can be [...] hard to deal with at times. The reasons for that, I'm sure, are just as numerous as there are residents of town. But- and not to sound overtly smarmy, here- one way or another, we get through it together.

In an effort to bolster that latter sentiment, some of the local veterans and I were discussing starting up a new support group. For those who didn't already know, there is an open and confidential support group for military veterans on the first Saturday of every month, out at Dunhaven Regional Airport. But given that this group is specifically for those of us who served in the military in our real lives, we [...] wanted to offer a way to branch out toward those who served in their dreams.

We're not asking anyone to out themselves, of course. And we're certainly not therapists or professionals. Rather, just [...] sympathetic and understanding ears. But if you're interested, please let me know, and we'll get something scheduled in December. (You can respond anonymously to this post, if you feel that you need to.) Anything shared at the meeting would remain strictly confidential. Having a safe space for those of us who are dreaming along such veins is the most important part.

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WHO: Dahlia Liang → Sam Wilson
WHEN: Monday, November 11, 2019
WHERE: Washington, DC
SUMMARY: Dahlia has a dream of another kind of aerial battle
WARNINGS: References to war, death, PTSD

( ''Hey, Cap, how do we know the good guys from the bad guys?'' )

Is anyone out there considering doing the salsa lessons at Jazz House later on in the month? I saw the poster for it and I'm kind of curious, but I just sort of wanted to see who might all be going.

CASH

What are you planning on doing for housing after we graduate?

MCRHINEHARTS + DAHLIA + EZRA

Verity and Dahlia, would you be free on an upcoming Saturday to fly a few people to New York and back? I think it would be too many people for your plane, but do you know anyone with something bigger and private? I'm not worried about cost.

On a related note, Miles, are you also free on a Saturday and have you ever considered getting ordained through one of those online things?

OH MY GOD

I just came home for lunch between classes, because that's how I do things, and I checked the mail and oh. My. GOD. I had mail waiting for me from the USCIS which normally wouldn't be awesome, but I have been waiting for what feels like forever to receive this particular piece of mail. Because after establishing my residency while on a green card via my marriage that had to be proven not to be suspicious, paying all the money, going through interviews, tests, and so much paperwork -- I, Naomi Shirin McKinnon, am officially going to be a resident of this place that I've basically lived in since I was 14.

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[Veteran's Support Group]

For folks who didn't make it out yesterday- or even if you did, since we didn't talk about it much, wanting to do it here... The idea was brought up about extending an invitation to others in town who might have similar experiences to us, but in their own dreams. This could be a separate monthly meeting entirely, if we want to keep our current group just to those of us who are veterans in, well, real life.

Any thoughts?

[Verity]

On a separate note, have you seen these posters around town?

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