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I didn't expect that the yoga retreat would go on for an extra few days, but it's been a pleasure to offer some relaxation and mindfulness time to people who find themselves snowed in for the holiday. If you'd like to join us, I'm offering classes twice in the morning, twice at midday, and twice in the evening. No experience is necessary, and improved flexibility will help you avoid injury on the slopes.

[Filtered to Will Laurence]
I hope I didn't wake you when I left this morning. I tried my best to keep quiet.

I also just heard back from Tim; he says it will be no trouble at all to keep cat-sitting for a few extra days. I will now stop worrying constantly about Yao and Mingjue.

Well, hi. Fancy being stuck here with all of you.

Any chance people know where I could find some board games or kid books? I thought I saw some in one of the lobbies, but stuff has been shuffled around with all of us here and I know my sister is going to get sick of my presence in the evenings when there isn't as much for her to do eventually and I thought maybe some distractions could delay the inevitable.

Or anyone else here with kids that an eleven-year-old could hang with?

SHAUN - can be viewed by Vallo onlookers

I don't know if it's okay for me to reach out or not or if you'd rather I just leave you be, but I

Hey, good morning. Is it still morning? I don't know. Not important, Vax

I am under stern orders to tell you that my mother says hello.

OH HELLO MY DARLINGS what a delight it is to be seeing you ho ho hoeing it up in this [...] place! I am Nadja and you may see my very HANDSOME colleague Mr. Asterion and you may consider us sort of [...] counselors of a sort! We know that the holidays are just a STRESSFUL time and that there are MANY people who may make that more stressful for you! Please feel free to talk to Mr. Asterion and myself about those people and we will do our best to eat them make them the problem go away!

Perhaps it is that person who has a very large light display that shines in your bedroom window! Perhaps it is an ex-partner who has left you in your wedding attire! Perhaps it is a relative who will not shut up about politics even when you have attempted many times to change the topic but they simply refuse to understand and persist in bringing it up every other minute as if turkey is a political issue and 'it is just so hard to keep it all straight'!

Consider us similar to the large robber man who breaks into your house and eats your food! Except instead of eating your food we will eat people we will listen to your wants and will deliver you peace of mind! Because we are so giving and gracious and sexy!

also speaking of sexy many of you simply need to lean into the being very very very bad and bang out the issues

All queries are entirely confidential, but please, spill those stories!