I have decided...

not to go to the Eric Jerome Dickey book signing in Columbia. This morning, my body nicely reminded me that I am in my 30s now and I would be pushing it if I decided to go. So after class tonight. I will go home, watch Big Brother and some Gamecock football, and maybe finish Tempted By Trouble. And most importantly, sleep.

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