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June 11





Have I told you that Dan and Mae have the cutest dogs? They do. Maddi, AKA Teeny, is the cutest, best dog. Avery is the oldest, blind man. Giuseppe is the best, most, exciting friend you could ask for.
And then there is Fern. She is the reddest, golden retriever. I would like her and Snips to be friends. Forever. 

Nic and I have tried to live up to my parents' expectations around the treatment of the dogs. We have not walked them at all.  But we have thrown the ball. I will mention that I think despite Guiseppe's reputation, he is not that great at retrieval. He will chase the ball; it just takes awhile for him to bring it back.



After much ball-throwing and petting and chatting and catching up, Dan and Mae took us to brunch. It was the best breakfast of my life for at least a year. It was great stuff  with a Hollywood theme - see the posters behind Dan and Mae. Have I mentioned how much I love them?

They are so cute.



Then we went to the Portland Headlight. 


Nic needed to see the tide pools. We came. We saw. We conquered. Except all we found were old golf balls. So it was kind of anti-climatic.




Longfellow was also inspired by these waters - which excited my creative mind and Dan and I had to pose by his plaque and the shout into the sea. We did not get drunk first, which was the original (read best) plan. Instead we just raised our fists and shouted about the injustice of the world and how fucked up things are and how angry we are.




See how mad we are?


 Nic walked away and pretended he did not know us. Mae offered to record the whole diatribe. I guess we know who really loves us. 



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