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| Awhile back, Journey brought home a sheet about a girl scout day camp this summer. I hemmed and hawed over it. The biggest point was, after the camp, Journey would officially be a girl scout. I wasn't sure if it would be something we could carry on through or not. I was on the fence about it for awhile, so I did what I always do-I research it. I talked about it to a few friends. My friend Kelly was telling me about how kids with delays do pretty good in clubs like that, it helps them learn to be social. She said if there was one thing she wished she would've done, it was put her son who has autism in a scouting club, just to get some socialization in. So that was a good sign for me. Then I talked to my friend Merri about it, whose daughter (who's a year older than Journey) is in girl scouts, and she told me all the things that her daughter was able to do because of girl scouts. She told me about the field trips they took, and the things they did together. She explained the uniform that they had to get, and the dues at the meetings, which are nominal. So that was another plus for me. Then I talked to my friend Katie about it, who has a daughter in girl scouts that's been in it since she was 5. She told me all kinds of amazing things about the girl scouts, and the kinds of things they do. She even brought up that I could be a daisy leader for the little girls in this area, and how the training is free for it. (I'm still on the fence about this though; I'm not entirely that crafty, and I'm not sure it's something that I can do properly. Katie said that there were handbooks though to go by...I'll think about it.) Coming to all these conclusions about how good it would be for her, we decided to let her go to the day camp. We were able to get financial aid for her to go to make the camp fee, which was pretty reasonable compared to other camp fees (but still kinda expensive for us and our meager income), which was definitely a huge boost for us. She seems excited to go, but I don't think she quite gets that she's going to be there without me from 9:00 a,m, to 4:00 p.m. We'll see how she does. I've got to email the girl scout council member and ask her a few questions. I'm excited to get some answers back. I called my mom and told her about how we're letting her go to the day camp, and how that means she's a girl scout after, and my mom was thrilled. She told me about how she was in Bluebirds when she was little, and she loved every minute of it. She says it'll be a great experience for Journey. I wonder why my parents never put me in something like this when I was little? Of course, I wasn't allowed to do a lot of after school activities that were free, like my music teacher offered to give me piano lessons after school, but my dad refused. My gym teacher wanted me to join the gymnastics club after school, and my dad said no. I even joined a group that did jumps and turns while hopping over wooden poles that we clapped on the ground during lunch, I had a lot of fun with it, but when it came time to do the show for it, I wasn't allowed to go. I also missed a lot of choir concerts when I was in middle school, and I was in two different choirs at the time. So, my memories of doing childhood activities are not that fond. But I'm hoping to change that for my kids. Ryan asked to join soccer, we let him. Now we're encouraging Journey to join girl scouts. I'm even going to see this summer at the music school how much piano lessons would cost for Journey, and we're allowing Ryan to join band if he wants to, or chorus instead. I'm definitely big on letting them have after school activities. It's a good thing to do, making friends, enjoying something, and it keeps them off the computer, off the DS, off the Wii, out of trouble, off the streets, and getting into bad things. Chances are, the more they're into an extra curricular activity, the better the odds that they'll stay focused, and not into things like sex, and drugs and gangs. At least, that's what I believe. Besides, if she gets to sell girl scout cookies, then I get to buy some, and keep Thin Mints in the house.  |
And so, the end of the school year approaches. 6 days left, 3 of them half days. When I think back on the year, the only thing I can think about Ryan's class is how disappointed I am about not being able to go in all the time for his class, and learn his classmates' names, and get to know those kids better. I missed bonding with them. I wish his teacher would've let me in.  But when I think of Journey's class, I think back fondly. I was glad I got to help out in there, and spend time with all the kids. I'm so happy that I got to know each one individually. Although some of them can test your limits, they're all sweet little kids. They're all friendly with each other (some more than others), but in the end, they would never single someone out in a mean way. I'm going to miss going into the classroom to spend the day with them. Tuesdays were a joy for me. I'm thinking about getting something small for each of them, just to let them know I'm thinking of them and I'll be missing them. Maybe silly bands; they'd like that. I was leaving class today, and about five or six of them came to hug me. I felt loved. Kindergarteners are such wonderful little creatures. They're so curious to learn, and so open to new things, and all too happy to help. They are eager, funny, and sweet. As Journey grows older, I'll do my best to be in the classroom with her, but I'm going to miss when they were this small, this new to everything. It's my favorite time, being with the ones that are all new to this. Helping them learn to do things like read, and add, and subtract. My joy is in seeing them realize for the first time what they've accomplished, and being there to provide them with some enthusiasm towards what they've achieved. It's magical. You never get those firsts again.That's what I love about elementary school; so many firsts. Early learning has always been my favorite. Next week is my last Tuesday of the year. I'm hoping to get a little something for the kids, and give it to them then. I will miss them so. Journey has an end of the year ice cream party, where they hand out awards. Of course, I'm going to be there, because I'm one of the room moms, and I helped coordinate the party. I can't wait to see Journey get her award! Ryan has an ice cream party on the same day, but I won't be able to go in because of Journey's. I have an obligation to be there; Ryan's, I do not. I'd love to be at both, truly, if I could, but unfortunately, they haven't figured out a way to get one person in two places at the same time yet. My co-room mom and I decided to get $5 gift cards for all the moms that offer to volunteer time and supplies every party. We want to recognize them for all they do to help us. We'll be giving those at the party as well. I'm not sure when I'm going to give the teachers their cards and gift cards. I'm thinking I'll give Journey's three on Tuesday, and Ryan's on the 8th, the day they leave school. I don't know why, but I always cry at the end of the school year. Maybe it's because I'm sad to see it over. Maybe it's because I'll miss spending time inside the school getting to know all the kids in the class. Maybe it's because it means my kids are growing up. I'm not sure, it could be any of the three or a combination of all, but I know I'll be crying on that last day as the buses circle the parking lot and the teachers blow bubbles and wave goodbye. |
| It's so funny the way little kids work. Well, kids Journey's age anyway. For now, they're all chums. Some days Journey enjoys being with her chums, some days she just likes it alone. Yesterday was a good day for her. She played with her friend Megan, was lovey dovey with Bradley, and got invited to Ella's birthday party. This is the first birthday party we've been invited to since November. Journey's looking forward to it! Bradley was being very sweet with Journey yesterday, playing kitty with her and meowing at her, and holding her hand all through lunch and on the way to media. Ryan teased and asked if her was her boyfriend, to which she replied "No! He's just a boy!" She has no idea what "boyfriend" means. They're too little for that silliness anyway. We'll wait till she's 15 to utter that word. And by then, Don will want to harm the poor kid. I was very happy to see they were getting on like good friends again. They always sit together at the lunch table, where Bradley usually decides to try and make Journey laugh while eating lunch. He's a funny little kid! Journey sure appreciates him!We were so happy to get Ella's invitation yesterday! Journey jumped up and down and screamed "YES! A PARTY!" I take it she's wanted to go to one for awhile now! I'm glad Ella is inviting her! They're going to bake pizzas and Ella's birthday cake at the party, so it sounds like a lot of fun. Grace invited Journey to come play at her house again, because now they have a climber in the back yard. I told Grace I would call her mom and set up a date to play. The only thing that kinda worries me about going to Grace's house is that Journey stalks all three of her poor cats. They can't even get a drink from the water bowl without Journey being there watching them and squealing. I so wish we could get this poor girl a kitten of her own, but they would never allow us to in these apartments. I don't see why not, considering the carpet is over 12 years old, and if the cat rips up anything, it'll probably be our furniture. More than likely my retro couch. Still wish we could get a kitty though.Journey's speech pathologist sent home a huge packet of papers that we could work on over the summer, and I'm extremely grateful. We'll need all the help we can get, and now I know what I can work on with her, as well as her reading skills, math skills, and writing skills. The 1st grade teachers suggested we get our child a primary journal to write in over the summer so they could practice writing sentences in. Depending on how many of those she's going to need in her classroom, I'll see if I can't pick a few up. Some of this speech work seems a little higher education for her, but we'll give it a try and see how it goes. It's tailored specifically for her. Summer's just around the corner, and I can tell we're going to have a busy one! More guests are going to be able to come to Ryan's birthday party than I thought, and we're rounding out who we're going to invite to Journey's. I have all her classmate's parents' email addresses, so I don't have to send in paper invitations to school with her. That's a relief, because the 1st grade teachers told us they would rather we not, as kids get extremely upset when one gets an invitation and another doesn't. The kids start school right before Journey's 6th birthday, so I think on the day of her birthday, I'll bring in popsicles for all the kids to celebrate. I'll probably bring in the sugar free tropical flavored ones. Better for their teeth, and Journey loves the pineapple popsicles. |
| Just a quick note so I'll remember this as she gets older-Journey just lost her third tooth tonight! It's been threatening to come out for awhile now. She's been having trouble eating because of it, and has refused eating quite a few things because it was bugging her so much. Tonight, she finally lost it as Daddy was flossing her teeth! I'll try to sneak in there tonight to put the dollar in her pillow. It's funny, because I just bought a pink travel sized q-tip container to keep her teeth in too. I was keeping them in their own separate baggy in the same blue q-tip container that I've housed Ryan's in since he's been losing teeth. I was thinking about how it was getting a little crowded in that container, and how I'd need to get another one soon for her own teeth, when I came across a pink one at the store, right before our trip to Ocean City. I thought, "How neat is that? A pink one! That would be perfect to put her teeth in for her very own!", so I bought it. It now houses all her teeth. Ryan's now houses just his own teeth. I still wonder what I'm going to do with the teeth when they're older though... . |
| Alright, I've had some time to think about it after I've stewed about it awhile. Friendship is a two way street. Now see, I'm not that understanding of it, because sometimes I flub up, and I forget to put in some effort, in which case I get ignored or forgotten about. My best friends (that I didn't get until high school, might I add) are very much that we can go without talking to each other for months, and once we get to talking again, it's almost as if we never stopped. We keep connected mostly via the internet, considering one of us still lives in Colorado, another one lives in Washington state, another one lives in Minnesota, and the other one lives in Florida (and here I am, in Maryland). We're all scattered across the country. Last time I saw my best friend Suzie was when I was living in Colorado, and Ryan was a 6 month old baby, so I think December of 2006. The last time I saw my best friend Audrey was at her wedding in July of 2007. The last time I saw my best friend Amber was when we visited Colorado in 2008. The last time I saw my best friend Tuesday was when she came to visit her dad in Maryland in 2007. We haven't actually seen each other in person in YEARS. But still, we continue on. Sometimes, we're busy, but we're always there for one another when we're needed. Most of my other friendships have failed, mostly because I didn't put the effort in. It's not that I don't like them; it's more that I'm very careful about what I say to whom, and I get caught up in things, and forget to make that call to say "Hey, how you doing?" or sometimes I don't get the chance to show up at an event of theirs due to money constraints and whatnot. Now, most people are understanding about this. My best friend from the area, Jenn, she is a great friend of mine. I trust her very much. I've let her watch my kids, she's let me watch hers, I even let her into the house when it looks like a wreck. That's how much I trust this woman. So Jenn, she gets some effort. Kelly, she gets some effort too, when I call to make the boys a playdate. I enjoy sitting with her and talking to her while the boys play. I make an effort to schedule a playdate for the boys, and make an effort to be there to talk to her. I know it doesn't seem like much, but we're not to the point where we're going out to dinner together or anything yet. We're just friends, and I'm fine with that. It seems like the less friends I have though (discounting my 4 best friends and my area best friend Jenn), the better I am at making effort to stay friends. So anyway, getting to what I'm trying to get at here... Journey does not put forth the effort to make friends. The kids like her alright, but they don't go out of their way to play with her because she doesn't go out of her way to ask them to play with her. It's not that she's a bum like her mother (though I'm sure that's part of the underlying cause), it's more that she doesn't have the correct set of social skills to do this. I've said it before, and I'll say it again-my daughter is socially awkward, and socially stunted. It's part of the developmental delay. With the help of her speech therapist at school, we're working on things called "social scripts", where we give her an idea of what she needs to say in order to express herself correctly. Something like saying "I'm sorry" when you hurt someone's feelings. Now, Journey hardly ever does that, because she doesn't play rough or say mean things. But I did remind her that she once made Spencer sad because he wanted to play with her, and she wouldn't let him. Since then, Spencer hasn't really asked her to play, because she doesn't really care to insert herself into any of the games. Now granted, she's not one for tag. She doesn't understand or care why kids are chasing after each other. Mostly she plays kitty with the other little kids if they have the attention span to play it, or play with the paraeducator, because she's the only one that really interacts with Journey. I have to explain to her daily that if she wants someone to play with her, she has to ask them if they want to play. And that, if they say yes, then she needs to play a game both of them want to play. Now, that's hard for Journey to do, because she's not interested in a lot of games that the other kids play, like tag. She mostly likes to run around and walk around, and wander about. She never stays on any part of the equipment very long. She has an imagination, but mostly she tends to stick to role playing games like kitty. She doesn't pretend to be a princess or anything else, she'd much rather play kitty. I'm not sure if a lot of kids can stomach playing kitty all the time, and running around aimlessly seems kind of a bore too. So for Journey to play with someone something they want to do, is out of her comfort zone. But, in order to make friends, she has to go outside her comfort zone, and try to put herself out there. Not many kids are going to come to her, play the only two games she wants to play, and come back for more, sadly. As much as I want them to, now that I've had some time to think it over, I realize that expectation is too high for many six year olds. I guess, I'm holding out the hope that someone will see that Journey is unique, and not only accept that, but embrace it. Most normal six year olds wouldn't see that or understand that. Basically, I'm putting the hurt and indignation on myself. So I've taken it upon myself to let it go. Kids are kids. They won't be "deep" enough to understand that she's different and unique until they're older. Some will use that as a reason to chastise her, while others might find it intriguing and look to befriend her because of it. Right now, there are no six year olds deep enough to understand this, and I'm okay with that. So from this point out, I'll invite whoever she asks me to to her birthday party. If they come, they come. If they don't, that's fine. I just want her to be happy throughout this whole ordeal. To me, irregardless of who plays with her at recess or whatnot, she's still the same happy Journey that she's always been. |
Here I am, back again! Don't get used to it.  Once something pops into my head, I decide to come and put it on here, for posterity. I always want to be able to look back at these little things that make up my children's childhoods, so as they grow, I'll have fond stories of them from when they were small. Who knows? It might even save their teenaged neck from me wringing it if they drive me up the wall! So Ryan plays on this website that he got from school, called "Cool Math". On it is a game called "Papa's Pizzeria". In this game, you get customers coming in, giving you their smoothie orders. You take the order, and work off the ticket that they give you in order to fill it. Journey is very impressionable, and loves this game. She watches Ryan intently when he plays it. So now, she takes her "Candy Hello Kitty" (which is a Hello Kitty that we bought her at a candy shop in Ocean City. She has a white dress with multi-colored polka dots on it, and she's holding a lollipop.) and plays "Shake Shop". She always starts out with Candy Hello Kitty asking "Do you want a sundae?" (which in Journey terms, means a smoothie. I don't know where she got the term sundae from, but I let her continue on with the game, I don't mind, and I don't feel like correcting her on her play pretend.) Now, sometimes she asks you, the person, directly if you want a sundae, a means to bringing you into her little game, or sometimes, she has you play Kiki Maow instead. Seeing as she's the only one that has ever voiced Kiki Maow, I don't find it fitting to be a good Kiki Maow, unless I'm shaking her little fluffy white head vigorously in agreement. So you (as yourself or Kiki Maow) say "Yes", or you nod. If you say "Not right now," or "Maybe later", she'll be very disappointed, and say sadly "Okay." And leave you to go find something else to do. "Okay!" Says Journey. "Medium or large?" She asks. I usually tell her medium. I'll even talk Kiki Maow and answer "Medium" with a meow. Sometimes, not often, but occasionally, she'll ask/answer for you. "Medium?" where you can just nod your or Kiki Maow's head. "Do you want milk?" (which is a vital ingredient to a smoothie, or at least in Papa's Pizzeria it is. Ryan always booms out from another room when she's playing this "Of course they want milk Journ, you need it to make the smoothie! Otherwise it doesn't work!"). You politely answer "Yes", or nod Kiki Maow's head. "Chocolate?" She asks. Sometimes you can offer up a different ingredient, such as cookie dough, strawberries, or blueberries. She'll take whatever request, as long as it's not outrageous. You say "Yes", or nod Kiki Maow's head. "How old are you?" She asks. This is vital. Your age determines which blender she puts the smoothie concoction in. So you answer. She confirms, then she places it in the blender. You wait a few seconds. "Okay, it's done!" She pronounces. If you think this is the end, you're wrong. "Do you want cream?" She asks. This means whipped cream, for the top of the smoothie. You say yes, or nod Kiki Maow's head. "Do you want sprinkles?" She asks. You say yes or nod Kiki Maow's head. "Rainbow?" She questions before she adds on the sprinkles. "Of course!" you reply, or you simply nod Kiki Maow's head. Now, I always find it funny that she asks if you want rainbow sprinkles, just because you would think she would link these two together, and say "Do you want rainbow sprinkles?", but instead she asks them as two separate questions, which makes me chuckle a little. I'm curious as to what would happen if I said "No, chocolate" or something to that effect. Perhaps, when we play the game again, I'll do that and see what the outcome is. "Chocolate or strawberry syrup?" She asks. You offer up your preference for her. She squiggles her hand down around an imaginary cup. "Do you want a cherry?" She asks. "Yes please!" you answer, or simply nod Kiki Maow's head. "You're all done! Here ya go!" She says happily, and hands you your pretend glass of smoothie/sundae. You make slurping noises and then say "Aahh!". She giggles, and asks "Wanna play it again?" I truly love her so. I hope she never changes. |
| So just a couple of happenings and things that I thought I would put down for posterity when I'm old and gray and don't remember much. Firstly, I wanted to put down the nicknames we have for Journey. We have a couple for Ryan (Ry, Ryguy and The Boy are the only three I can think of right now), but we have a whole laundry list of them for Journey. At least, I do. Of course, there's the obvious one, which is Journ. A lot of people call her Journ for short. (However, she has never gone by the two nicknames I went by when Journey was my nickname, which is Jour or Jourie. In fact, Jourie is my username on here.) Mostly Ryan, me, and her teachers, and a few other relatives and friends. There are also pet names we give her. My love, my lovey, sweet pea, Dolly, Dolly Face, Super Dolly Face, Beybey and Journey girl are our ones for her when she's as sweet as can be and a wonderful little girl (which is most of the time!). When she's being mean, or just bratty in any way (which is rare), we call her super dolly brat face, or a smarmy little critter or a rotten little animal. Yes, we are very weird. When Ryan was a baby, we called him a pooper when he was being rotten (instead of a little s**t so he wouldn't pick up the bad word and say it aloud), and Pooper just stuck with him till he was about 3. Then we stopped calling him that. I don't know why. But this, the pooper, and the smarmy little critter, is our way of saying you're being a brat, roguish, naughty, or any other word like that. We don't want to cuss around them, so we don't call them little shytes even though sometimes they can be. I'm sure at some point she's going to grow out of the nicknames we have for her, but I just wanted to write them down so we would remember when she's older. I had two other things to write, but I can only remember one of them now. If I remember the other one, I'll be sure to come back and post it. But for now, I'll just go with my last thing. Journey's been reading to her class out loud lately. They let her read a book that she has, and she reads it aloud for all of them to hear. Well, today, she got to go into the pre-k and read a book to them! She read "Biscuit", which is about a little dog named Biscuit, who lives on a farm. There are many other early reader titles starring Biscuit, and she's read many of them. I'm so proud of her for getting to read aloud to the pre-k class, and to her old teachers from last year! The teacher in the pre-k class gave her a pencil as a thank you for reading to the pre-kers. Most of our summer will be spent learning new sight words, reading more books, and working on addition and subtraction. Ryan is mostly going to be reading and math, multiplication and fractions, some division. There are only 5 weeks left of school, so I've got to have my summer plan in place. We'll be cleaning up house as well. Ryan needs to work on cleaning off his desk and cleaning up his room (I need to help him clean up all the clothes that don't fit him anymore, and donate those.), and Journey needs to clean her room as well. Maybe (with the help of Jenn) if I can get this house in shape, we'll invite some kids from school over to spend the day with us, and they can do things like paint, and playdoh, and play in their rooms, and video games. Our house isn't that big, but it's got some room to do some things in it. It would be nice to reciprocate and let some of the kids come to our house instead. It's a dream that hopefully with some help I'll realize. Oh yes!! Now I remember! The second thing was about how Journey is now obsessed with the Nyan Cat. It's this little cat that has the body of a pop tart, and it's flying through the night sky with all the stars, and trailing behind it is a rainbow. It sings a song in a very fast tempo of "Meow meow meow nyanyanyanyan meow meow meow", and Journey just absolutely LOVES it. Every day after school she makes me play it. So I went on Etsy, and found some cool Nyan Cat stuff that I can get for her for her birthday, which helps out with the whole "What can I get Journey this year?" debate.It's so funny, because both the kids and me enjoy it, but Don is absolutely annoyed by it. Every time Journey asks me to play it, Don grumbles and tells me "Do you have to play that damned thing while I'm here?!?" To which I grin and reply "Yes.". |
| Journey wrote what I believe is her first story a few days ago. Granted, it doesn't really have an ending to it, and it's more a run-on sentence than anything else, but it's a start! My daughter is a writer! That makes me proud! And now, for Journey's story. It's titled "Kitty and the little kittens". "Kitty and the little kittens plant seeds and they wait and there's a pot of gold under the rainbow and the mom cat comes and dad cat comes." And that, is Journey's story. She typed it all by herself on the computer, no help in spelling or anything. I was very impressed. She has an imagination. Ryan says the stories she tells are lies, but I've explained to him that they're not lies, they're just imaginative stories. Ryan's imagination is limited to his stuffed animals talking, and making up bigger better things for Super Mario Bros. games. He's very logical that way. Other than that, not much else going on. Journey and I spend Tuesdays and Thursdays together when Ryan has soccer practice. We play games, watch videos, sing songs, and chat. It's really very fun! I love having that extra bonding time with her and her alone. I don't get as much one on one time with Ryan as I'd like though. I know that will change as soon as summer comes though...unless he gets invited to his friends' houses all summer long. I don't think that will be the case that often though. We'll see I suppose. |
| Journey is learning all about seeds in school, and how they become plants. As a project, they took a bean (I'm not sure what kind of bean; it was large and green), a moist paper towel, and put it in a plastic ziploc baggie, and taped it to the window. They did this for the whole class. Then they made an guess as to if the bean was going to sprout or not. Journey made the prediction that her sprout was not going to grow. The project was taken down from the windows and sent home. I don't know if some parents threw theirs away, or what have you, but I am a pack rat. I hold on to just about everything. So I placed the baggie with the bean sprout that had now successfully sprouted roots, in the kitchen. I left it there for a few days, to see what it would do. I asked Journey if she wanted me to throw it away, to which she replied "No, I want to save it." This morning when I came downstairs, I decided to look in on our little bean and see if anything had changed. It sure did! It started sprouting! There's a huge stalk, and there are leaves coming out! I was so excited for Journey! I showed her here little plant, then transferred it to a terra-cotta potting plant with some potting soil this morning. I hope to continue growing it for her. I put it right next to the plant that Ryan gave me for Mother's Day in first grade. Yes, I still have it, and yes, it's still alive...but barely. I took it out of it's old dirt and put it in new potting soil to hope to revive it. Also, my beautiful iris that I got for Mother's Day last year is growing so wonderfully! I have it in a large plastic pot outside, and it's sprouted all it's new beautiful long leaves, and it's growing two flower pods as we speak! I'm very excited for it! |
| My best friend from the area is moving away to Virginia on May 5th. I feel like I'm never going to see her again. Once she goes over that bridge, I might as well kiss any chance of seeing her goodbye, because we never have the gas to go over the bridge. When our friends from here moved to Locust Grove, Va. we didn't have a chance to see them either. Then they moved to Nevada. It's like everyone I make friends with here moves away. I feel so alone. I don't make friends easily (I just don't trust people very well.), so when I do make a friend, I feel thrilled. Then when they move, I'm heartbroken. We're going to go see her and her family on Saturday, so I'm glad that I get to spend some time with her before she goes. She says we'll see each other still. I hope she's right. I have one more friend here, but we're not as close as my best friend and I are. We haven't gone out to dinner or a movie, or spent time at each other's houses. (I probably won't have anyone over until I can get this wreck tamed. I need someone to help me come in and take over it, it's ridiculous.) But she's a good friend. I'm glad I have her. I enjoy spending time with her when the kids go to the park, and we get to talk. I pray she doesn't move away, because not only would I be devastated, but Ryan would too (her son is his best friend). I hope my friend is right. I hope we do get to still see each other. I'll definitely miss her being so close though. |
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