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TEXTS TO KESI

-- U up?

Five years I've been in this apartment and now after a week of final packing, moving, and cleaning, I just turned my key in. I ate a lot of good food in that apartment and even had a very nice roommate for a hot second before she ruthlessly abandoned me (😏), but I'm not too sad to see it go.

Onto even better things.

( instagram post! )

Wow. I don't even have furniture yet in my apartment, but I already got mail inviting me to join this network. Way to go, City Hall. You're on top of things!

That being said, I could use some help! I haven't lived in Dunhaven for a handful of years and while I've visited, my focus was mostly on the people I was visiting. So, I'd really love to know what I've missed, like new businesses and restaurants. I already have visited Stella's and had a giant stack of waffles and while I could probably just keep that up forever, I could probably spread my money around a little bit. 😉

I suppose that's it! It's going to be a beautiful day, guys. I can feel it. I hope you get to enjoy it!

TEXTS TO KESI

-- Good morning, you.
-- How is your Wednesday looking?

TEXTS TO LUKE

-- Hey, Luke.
-- I just wanted to
-- I thought that I should let you
-- I got a new number while I was in Baltimore so I don't think
-- [...] It's Beth.

[Texts to Lyra]

→ We should get Liam's kid a present, right?
→ That's what people do, I think.
→ Though I don't know if I've ever bought a baby a present. 🤦🏿‍♂️

FRIENDS & FAMILY

Happy Tuesday! I have some fun and exciting news to share.

As some of you know, I've been working with a realtor the last month or so. I felt like it was time to plant some roots in town, outside of those that I've already made. Long story short, I fell in love with a house and after getting a highly valued second opinion, I put in an offer. And that offer was accepted!

Obviously it will still be a bit until the closing as everything gets sorted, but I'm just really excited and I wanted to share. It feels nice, like I'm actually going to be officially official. It's been just over a year since I moved down here and I've had some really good changes since then and this feels like the cherry on top.

I spent my day helping with videography for the elementary school science classes. Sometimes it's just moments like these- seeing kids blossom and grow in new ways- that really remind me why I do what I do.

Growing up with dad in the military, I think I always knew that we could never really put down roots anywhere. Nothing was meant to be permanent other than family and country.

But in defiance of that mindset, I have signed my name to more papers in the last few days than I ever could have thought possible. And now Lyra and I are officially the owners of 25 Griffin Road.

( Cut For Pictures )

It'll be a labor day weekend full of boxes and actual, well, labor- but holding those keys in my hand today sure made it all feel worth it.

[Lyra]

Iris sent me one this morning that [...] I'm trying not to get my hopes up about.

But it looks amazing.

And maybe it's just all the other properties being lackluster at best that's making this look so great. But.

I definitely want to go see it. You in?

I don't usually post publicly about this dream stuff, but I'm just...curious. How many of you find a large amount of similarities between yourself and your dream self, and how many of you find that you're completely different from the person you dream of?

I can't decide which one is worse. I'm...very similar to my person, even things that happened long before I started dreaming of him seem to have an echo in these dreams. tbh sometimes it kind of reminds me of that movie Us, like we're tethered to one another, and what happens to one happens to the other in at least some capacity. Only, luckily neither world is a dark underground bunker and also I don't think my dream-self is capable of murdering me or vice-versa. Anyway. Sometimes it sucks, but then I was also thinking it probably sucks to dream of someone really different, too, especially if they were like...a bad guy, or something.

Anyway. I guess I'm just kind of wondering what other people experience on this front.

Who told them this was okay? The disrespect.



Also, yes, I only just activated my Dunhaven network account today. That should tell you all you need to know about my work/life balance during my residency. Not that it's improved that much since becoming a doctor, but no longer being in school has enabled me to watch the Great Hack on Netflix, become hella paranoid, deactivate my Facebook, and now I see the wisdom in small-town social networking. So long as city hall doesn't sell our data to the Russians like that pos Mark Zuckerburg.

MEHDI

Remember that time I have you shit about potentially finding a girlfriend and abandoning me? 🙃🙃🙃

KESI

Guess what I stole from Bash's garage today?

Lauren Ridloff, a Deaf woman of color, cast in a Marvel role that's canonically a hearing white male.

If you need me, I'll just be over here enjoying tears of white nerds. 😂

WHO: Kesi Freeman and Bridget Grant
WHEN: Afternoon of July 15
WHERE: Their house
SUMMARY: Kesi comes home after a couple days away and updates Bridget on his future living plans.
WARNINGS: None

( Wishes were an easy indulgence, but Kesi didn't mind them, in this case. )

[Sent Friday morning, the day after this.]

[Text to Lyra]

→ Had kind of a terrible night.
→ Fight with Luke.
→ Punched him.
→ Staying with my sister for a bit.

WHO: Luke Marlow, Kesi Freeman, Bridget Grant
WHEN: July 11, 2019
WHERE: Bridget and Kesi's House
SUMMARY: Kesi and Luke poke at old wounds, and Bridget is caught in the middle.
WARNINGS: Fisticuffs, language.

( Call me later. When he's gone. )

Hi, friends.

It's been a long while since we've done one of these and, though I no longer need the data for my sociology class, I do think they've been very productive in terms of discussion. So here's another anonymous post for you! Again, you can turn on the anon filter and no one will know who you are, or you can just respond as yourself, whether because you're not ready to reveal who you're dreaming about, or whatever the case may be.

Tonight's question is: If you could say something to someone you knew/know in your dream world that you can't say here for whatever reason, what would it be?

Is it too late for a Pride post? Oh well. I want to brag on a (now former) student, so here it goes all the same.

I wasn't in DC this weekend, but one of the recently graduated seniors from MSSD (Gallaudet's Deaf high school) submitted this piece in an art competition during Capital Pride. I've known this kid since they were in seventh grade, the year I joined the faculty at KDES.

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They won second place. And I'm damn proud.

FYI, one of the few times I really don't mind stereotypes is when it results in me finding donuts in the break room on Monday morning. 👍😍🍩

JACK

Which one of these appeals to you? Personally, I'm digging Iceland.