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| We've had a very busy and fun time for the end of the Daisy year for Journey and her Daisy Girl Scout friends. Saturday was the Bridging Ceremony, put on by two Junior troops. The Juniors did a fabulous job of putting it together! Everything was decorated beautifully, and there were so many treats and refreshments to choose from! They also group ordered pizzas, which we could pay for if we wanted one (only $6 a pizza, which is a steal, considering when I buy Papa John's pizzas for birthday parties for the kids, the pizzas cost me somewhere around $10 a pizza. Our troop bought four to share), so there was plenty to eat there. The ceremony was beautiful! The Juniors decorated a bridge (like a small brook garden bridge...not sure where they got it, but it was adorable) with paper flowers and butterflies. The girls then gathered, bridging Daisies and non-bridging Brownies, to welcome the new Brownies that were coming. Each girl was called one by one to "cross the bridge" from being a Daisy into becoming a Brownie and meet the non-bridging Brownies on the other side. (I'm sorry, I'm tearing up just remembering it!). I took a lot of pictures, not very good ones, because my camera doesn't capture movement very well. The ceremony continued with bridging Brownies and non-bridging Juniors, and bridging Juniors and non-bridging Cadets. Everyone was invited at the end of the Juniors bridging into Cadets to take a huge group photo of all the girls in uniform, which is something that doesn't happen very often. We then had the girls at the end of the ceremony gather on the bridge and take a picture of all of them together. Only one of our girls was missing that night, but it was good to get a group picture of the 8 of them together. It was a beautiful night, very touching, and Journey earned her membership pin for completing one year of being a Girl Scout, and her bridging rainbow patch, which is her first patch for her Brownie vest when she gets it. The next day, Sunday, was the troop Build-A-Bear party. I promised Journey she would be allowed to pick the bear and outfit of her choosing, not of any influence of me, to her liking. This was her gift that she earned, she should be able to choose whatever bear she wanted (within reason of price; we wanted to make sure the girls all stayed around $35 a piece.) and whatever outfit (within reason) she wanted as well. She did a great job! She picked a brightly colored teddy, named her "Rainbow Sunshine", and got her a beautiful little sparkly spring dress. She also got the bear some underpants, to keep modest. Jenn found that hilarious, that bears could need underpants to begin with. We all shared a good laugh about it! We were only missing one girl at the Build-A-Bear party, so I took pictures of each girl and their bear and the process as well, and a group photo at the end. After that, we headed up to Mrs. Field's and got each girl a cookie as a special after treat. It was a fantastic day, Journey was so happy to spend the weekend with her Girl Scout sisters, as she calls them. The only dent in the day was that on the way home from Build-A-Bear, Jenn was giving us a ride in her new van to get back home, and Journey got car sick.  I felt terrible, both for the fact that it was in Jenn's new van, and also because it put a sad note into the day that was supposed to be full of happiness. Journey shrugged it off though like a champ, and we continued on with our day, which was also meeting a friend and her two kids for dinner, and then going grocery shopping for the week. All in all, we had a great mommy/daughter day. I was thrilled to get that opportunity with her.Today was the last Daisy meeting of the year. At the end of the month last month, I had the parents chip in $4 a piece so we could buy a photo book for Jenn, and I bought her daisies for each girl to give her a stem of daisies each.I gave her one of the vases that I didn't need anymore for them, and also one of the moms bought daisy ribbon to tie around the vase. Jenn was very surprised and thrilled for her gifts, and I was very glad to present them to her. The girls got to have a fun little meeting, and got to sign their names on a little metal bucket that holds some sidewalk chalk and bubbles. Jenn also got me a Girl Scouts tote bag that I can sew my own personal patches onto (I have 3! Isn't that crazy?! I'm only a Girl Scout volunteer and I get patches!), and will hopefully come in handy next year when I plan to co-lead a Brownie troop with my girls in it. I will miss Daisies very much. It always gave me something to look forward to on Mondays, It was a joy to be a volunteer for the troop this year, I was so glad I got to get to know the girls better and spend some time with them. I'm going to miss having them all together. The good news though is that I may get to see up to 5, if not all 6 of my bridging Brownies girls next year when I co-lead the troop. That would make me very happy! I asked Journey if she was sad that Daisies meeting were over, and she said no. "It's not really over Momma," she said. "I'll still get to see my Girl Scout Sisters, and we'll always be Girl Scout Sisters." *tear* I love that little girl. |
| So we have much going on for the summer coming. At least, for Journey anyway. Ryan is going to be bored out of his mind...but at least he'll have his clarinet with him! I've been on a mission lately to email anyone and everyone, trying to get plans put together, and see about the upcoming months out of school, etc. I'm even looking forward at next year. I've emailed Journey's current teacher, her special ed teacher, and the principal to try and get Journey a specific teacher next year. To be more to the point, Ryan's 2nd grade teacher. I think she'd be a perfect fit for Journey. I can't come out and specifically name her unfortunately, but I can say I'd like Journey to follow the same path as Ryan (which I hope means this particular teacher), and I've already put bugs in the ears of her current teacher (who funnily enough was Ryan's 1st grade teacher as well) and special ed teacher that I would like this particular teacher for Journey. I also emailed the particular teacher and asked her if she could possibly let the principal know that she's willing to take an inclusion class so Journey could be in her class. Sadly, the only one that can make the decision that she's going to be an inclusion teacher is the principal, so we're all left to cross our fingers and hope it works out well in our favor. I just know I've done just about everything I could to get her in that class. I also wrote an email to Ryan's band teachers to let them know that Ryan will need to borrow his clarinet next year as well in order to be in band again. His music teacher (which is the wife of the band teacher) emailed me back and let me know that not only can Ryan definitely borrow the clarinet for next year as well, but for $20, he can borrow it and practice on it all summer. I was ecstatic for Ryan about that! He adores the clarinet. I wish we could afford to get him one of his own right now, but we just can't come up with the money to get him a good clarinet. I'm thrilled to know that he will be taken care of for both the summer, and when school starts again for band. Journey and I have many Girl Scout sponsored events to take part in. Today, we went to a princess arts and crafts event, where Journey got to make a foam princess crown, do a watercolor painting, paint a ceramic princess crown jewelry box, and tie-dye a t-shirt. It did cost me money to put her into it, but it was well worth it. She not only got to keep all that, but get a special patch for her Daisy vest as well! I'll be putting it on her vest later tonight. Next weekend, we have the Build-A-Bear party for her Daisy troop, and also the Bridging Ceremony for those Girl Scouts that are going to be bridging to the next level. Journey will be moving on from a Daisy to a Brownie next year, so this Bridging Ceremony is definitely for her and the other girls that will be moving up. We were early bird registers this year, but sadly Journey won't be able to go to the early bird event at Camp Winona because Ryan has a soccer game that morning. (It would've been the last game of the season, but we had a rain out this morning, so more than likely it's the second to last.) Journey will, however, be able to go to Camp Gilbert Run this year, for Girl Scout day camp. We weren't able to come up with the $95 to send her, but I was able to get financial assistance, and it made the amount we pay more than reasonable. Hopefully they'll have the bus stop at the place next to our house this year. She's so excited to go! Last year, she went to one at the fairgrounds and enjoyed it, but she can't go to it again this year because it's for non-Girl Scouts. She's going to enjoy Girl Scout day camp this year, I just know it! She had so much fun at Encampment, and that was all kinds of fun in just one day. I can imagine they'll have much more fun all during a week there! Ryan has soccer till mid-June (thanks to two rain outs this season), and Journey has gymnastics until July 12th. Journey will also have speech therapy and social skills group every Wednesday morning throughout the summer, and occupational therapy every Monday and Wednesday afternoon. The only time she won't be seeing the speech therapist (who just happens to be her speech therapist at school as well) and her occupational therapist is when she goes to Girl Scout camp for a week. She will, however, make it to gymnastics that week, as Girl Scout camp ends at 3:30 pm every day. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep Ryan occupied and off of video games and the computer for most of the time during the summer. Maybe he'll have more playdates with his friends. We shall see.  |
| Journey and I were walking home from school yesterday (Ryan stayed behind, as he had chess club that afternoon), and on our way home, we found a robin egg shell, perfectly broken in half. Journey was ecstatic over her find, and carefully carried the treasure home to rest in my iris pot. On the way home, as she held the egg shell in her small hand, she began to weave me tales of how the egg shell came to be found on the ground. "So the robin egg, it was in a tree, and the wind came and whoosh! It blew the robin egg from the tree, and it rolled and rolled across the grass, and away from the dogs, and onto the sidewalk. And a little robing popped out of the egg, and left the egg shell on the sidewalk, for us to find!" She told me. "Or maybe a squirrel saw it roll down the tree, and ran after it and stopped it from going in the street and the egg cracked open and a robin came out and flew away, and the squirrel left the egg for us to find!" She was so utterly excited to find it and tell tales of it's travels, I just couldn't help but beam. She may not be a writer yet, but she has the makings of a good story teller. It's only a matter of time before she puts writing utensil to paper or fingers to keyboard and gets all those stories out of her head and onto something tangible. |
| Sorry I haven't been around awhile, just been busy and feeling blah, not really wanting to journal. I know it's important to do so though, so here I am. Don and I enjoyed our little weekend getaway very much! It was very relaxing, and both mornings we made it up early enough to take part in free breakfast. Don later told me after we stayed there that the place was supposedly haunted. I laughed and told him "Well, that explains the lights flickering all the time." We had a moment when we were using the jacuzzi tub, when an hour after use, it turned on by itself and went into wash cycle. Apparently Don didn't read about that in the booklet that told about the room, and thus, thinking the bed and breakfast was haunted, that the jacuzzi in the room was too. I died laughing, and showed him the entry in the booklet that showed that it was just the cleaning cycle, and promised that the jacuzzi was not haunted. Apparently there was a tornado while we were there. I didn't think much of it, as I figured it was just really windy and rainy. I didn't see how so many branches and trees and power lines went down. The buildings were fine; no damage done to them. The power went out for most of the night, but they had it back up and running the next day. It must've been a small twister, considering it didn't do a lot of damage that a regular twister does! We went out in the storm to dinner that night, which I trusted Don to drive through, as he's an excellent all-weather driver. The kids seemed to have a good time at Jenn's house, which I'm glad about. Jenn said that because my kids were so well behaved, it rubbed off on her kids, and she didn't have a problem at all! LOL. Other than that, not much going on. The kids have today off, as it's a professional day, and all we have going on is gymnastics this evening. Though we celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary last weekend, our ten year anniversary is actually this weekend, or Saturday to be more precise. Ryan will be spending the night at a friend's house, so we'll only have Journey with us this weekend. Soccer keeps going on (until June 8th), and gymnastics already has another sign up for a session that starts in the middle of May. We'll see if I can scrounge up enough money to sign her up for another session. It's $83 a session, which is pretty expensive, but hopefully we can put it together to get her in. She just loves the classes. |
| Journey and I went to Encampment on Saturday, and had a blast! She said it reminded her a lot of the day camp I sent her to that was sponsored by the Girl Scouts during last summer, called "It's Your Summer, Explore It". She learned a few things at Encampment, such as how to build a fire, and how to use a wood burner tool, more about the Girl Scout Law, and a few new songs. She said she enjoyed it very much, and basically, I got to sit and watch her enjoy herself, as parents were to be seen and not heard at Encampment! It's for girls, run by girls (teenage girls, who are older troop members), and it's very empowering. All the teenage girls were dressed like princesses, and the younger girls (the Daisies) were insistent that they were the real princesses, and real fairies! There were a few skeptics among the Daisies, but all in all, they were assured that they were real. It was adorable! I don't know if Journey thought it was all real, but I know she enjoyed herself thoroughly. It's definitely an experience I want her to have again. It only comes once a year, so hopefully next year when she's a Brownie, she'll get to go again. That next time, she'll get to spend the night! I re-registered both her and myself for Girl Scouts next year. We're early registration, so Journey gets to go to a luncheon for being an early registrant. I'm not sure when that is, but I'll ask our troop leader again to find out. For sure, we're going to get her into Brownies, and hopefully, I can be a co-leader for the troop. I'd really rather not run the troop by myself, I'd like to make it more of a co-op, but we'll see how it goes. I need to talk to the person that helps recruit troop leaders, see what she says. Even if I'm not a troop leader (I'm hoping to be though), I'm a great help to whoever runs the troop, because of all my experience as Fall Product mom and cookie mom. Oh, and money manager, that too. I hope Jenn finds someone good to replace me to help her troop once I'm gone. Journey gets to join her Daisy troop in a Build-A-Bear party they're having for all the cookie money they earned. The girls got to decide what they wanted to do with all that earned money, and they chose to have a Build-A-Bear party. Journey LOVES Build-A-Bear (it's evident in her bedroom, she has nearly every single Hello Kitty they've made from there), so she's very excited for this! The girls each get to build one furry friend, and get an outfit for it. (Speaking of Build-A-Bear, I have a total $30 in gift cards and gift certificates to spend there at any time if I want. Rest assured, I'll be buying another Hello Kitty to add to the collection here soon!) They then get to get a treat from the food court as well. Money well spent I say! This weekend, Don and I are going to a bed and breakfast for the weekend to celebrate our ten year wedding anniversary. To some, that may not be a lot (I have a lot of older friends and relatives that say ten years is nothing), but to me, being married a decade is a big deal. It just goes to show the lifetime commitment Don and I have made to each other. We're going to our annual Red Lobster dinner (which we've been doing since our one year anniversary) on Saturday night. I got to choose a ring for Don to get me for our anniversary, and it's a beautiful silver ring with diamond accents and a sapphire heart. I love it, and I'm so glad he got it for me. The kids will be spending the weekend with my best friend Jenn, which I'm entirely appreciative for! I hope it's a wonderful weekend! |
| Things are rolling along nicely. Ryan got his first goal ever in soccer this morning, which we're all very proud of! I wish I could've seen it. I'm so proud of him though, he's worked really hard to get to this point, so getting his first goal is amazing for us! He's only played a full year now, so he's getting better every season we put him in. Journey's enjoying her gymnastics classes very much. She's learning a lot of things, and she's starting to use her arms and legs in ways she never has before. Hopefully she'll gain some arm strength and be able to do some of the things they're teaching her. She thoroughly enjoys class though, which I'm thrilled about! I'm going to see if I can't get her in again after this grouping is done. I'll scrimp and save up for it if I have to. I know she enjoys it, and I don't want to take that away from her. She's learning great things. I wonder when registration ends for swimming lessons though, because I'd like to put her in that as well. I wish we had the money to put them both in and not worry about where we were going to get the money from. Mom's doing better in her stay in the hospital so far. They're teaching her how to learn to walk again, and slowly she's becoming more able. She's still not out of the woods yet, but things look okay right now. Next weekend, Journey and I are going to a girl scout encampment all day Saturday, and Don and Ryan will be going to a D.C. United game,so when Journey and I get back home, it will be just her and me for the night. I promised her that we would sleep in my bed together, which she's been begging about for quite some time now. She's a snuggler, so I can see why she keeps so many stuffed animals on her bed; she doesn't like the feel of sleeping alone, and she likes to snuggle someone/thing while she sleeps. Other than that, not much else going on around here. Anything else happens, I'll keep everyone updated. |
| So we're back from vacation. 160 pictures all taken and posted. I'd say we had a pretty good time! It seemed to have flown by though, so quickly. It seemed as though as soon as we made it, we were leaving. We did a lot of fun activities, like bowling, and ice skating, swimming and playing at the arcade, going mini golfing, etc. The kids always love going to Ocean City, as we go out to eat constantly (one of my favorite things, because I don't have to cook thee whole time we're there, and what does need to be cooked can be done in the microwave inside the hotel room), and we always do fun stuff there that we don't normally do at home. I save a good chunk of money from tax returns to spoil the kids (and ourselves) while we're there. We bought them hats, stuffed animals, candy, and airbrushed t-shirts with their names on them, as well as the prizes they won from going to the arcade. They get a lot of goodies from going to Ocean City, and a lot of adventures. We did mini-golfing all day at 6 different locations one day, we did bowling for two games another day, we went to go see a movie a different day...this is stuff we don't normally get to do. We have to pinch pennies tight around here for most of the year, so we don't get to go to the movies or go swimming or out to eat very often. There's no mini-golf here in our area, so we can't really do that either. That's what makes the vacation to Ocean City that much more special; it's a magical place where we can do just about anything. It's all one big, special treat. My kids are also very lucky that I budget and save for holidays as well, so they were spoiled for Easter also. Ryan got a video game and two movies, Journey got two Build-A-Bear Hello Kitties and two Webkinz cats. I don't think there's ever been a holiday or birthday that they've ever suffered. We live on a very meager budget, but with my scrimping and saving, and budgeting every penny, I'm able to pull it off so they get nice things. Granted, they don't get everything all the time, but holidays and birthdays, they never miss out. I'd say we do pretty good by our kids, considering we're the only ones getting them stuff. My parents are on a budget even more meager than ours, and Don's aunt, their only other "grandparent" relative, has hit or miss, as she's in real estate and it's feast or famine with her pay. Neither side is able to send much of anything if at all, so we provide the best we can. To some, it looks like spoiling, but we probably wouldn't do as much if the grandparents could. I know everyone's hurting financially though, so we do everything we can, and no worries to anyone that can't. My mom's in a bad way right now. She was taken to the hospital on Thursday, and lost three of her toes to gangrene. They're going to amputate her other two toes (the two small ones on the end of her foot) so she doesn't break them while trying to walk. It's horrible, and I wish I could be there for her, but there's only so much I can do from Maryland. I've been calling my dad every day since Friday, at least twice a day to see how he is, and how Mom is holding up. Dad says she's getting better, so I'm glad about that. Hopefully she can talk to the kids today so they can tell her Happy Easter. |
| Sundae is a game that has evolved quite a bit since we started it last year. Journey still only plays it with me every night before bed (Ryan's allowed periodically, Don is NEVER allowed, because as Journey puts it, "(Dad) just doesn't know how to do it right".), and it usually goes anywhere between 1-4 characters, depending on how our time allotment goes. Let me give you a typical night of Sundae. If we're right on schedule and she's in pajamas by 8 pm, and we have brushed and flossed teeth by 8:05, then we get away with at least two friends for Sundae. Journey gets to pick the two (or however many amount that night) friends. Most times, when she's introduced to a new stuffed animal, she'll choose them that night to play, as Candy Hello Kitty always enjoys new customers. Journey will randomly select the two lucky contestants from the end of her bed, and we begin. Journey always plays Candy Hello Kitty. I must play every other character, or it's not done right. Journey (or Candy Hello Kitty) will start off with "We have a new customer!" if it's a new friend that either just came, or hasn't had an opportunity to be part of the game before. If they have, she has Candy Hello Kitty (who is the server and waitress of the game) say "Hello girls (because 99% of her stuffed animals are girls), what will it be tonight?" From that point, my job is to get the 1-4 friends to make a group decision on what it will be that they order. The range of options includes sundaes, shakes, hot chocolate, popcorn, burgers, soup, ice cream, cookies and pies. (If I'm forgetting any, please forgive me!) The friend(s) (voiced by me), announce the decision, and then it's up to Journey and Candy Hello Kitty to put it together. Journey has found a way to elongate the game recently, and that is by Candy Hello Kitty not having the ingredients needed to make the snack asked for. "But I don't have hot chocolate!" Candy Hello Kitty will exclaim. "Who can I buy it from?" she asks, looking to me for the answer. The friend(s) will provide her with a name of a random stuffed animal residing on her bed that holds the ingredients at their disposal. She'll then pretend to shop for those ingredients at the random stuffed animal's shop. "Do you have (insert snack here)?" Candy Hello Kitty will ask. "Yes, " I say as the stuffed animal shop owner. "How much does it cost?" Candy Hello Kitty asks. "Three dollars," the stuffed animal will reply. "Hold on," Candy Hello Kitty tells the shop owner, "I have to go to the bank and get some money for my candy wallet". She pretends to go to the bank, comes back to the shop, and pays for her goods. She then comes back to her house, and begins to create the snack. She will occasionally ask me how to make something, in which I'll give her layman's directions, and she'll follow those directions, putting the imaginary ingredients together in order to concoct the snack. She will then hand it out to the customer stuffed animals, and the stuffed animals will answer in kind how the snack is. If it's too hot, she wants to hear that they burned their tongue and had to blow on it. If it's too cold, she wants to hear that they got a "brain freeze" and needed a glass of warm water. She loves compliments, like "delicious" or "so tasty". The customers will then thank her for the snack, but the game isn't over yet. Candy Hello Kitty then produces patches (like her Girl Scout patches on her vest) for the particular snack the customers just ate, and then trophies for eating the snack. Only then does Candy Hello Kitty tell her guests "There you go!" and then suggest they either go to a Cats Pajama Party, or to a Pokemon movie. She then gathers all her animals together on the bed, and only then, will allow me to take off her glasses and tell her goodnight. |
| Friday was Journey Day, and she had a fabulous day! I dressed her extra cute so she would look nice for the Citizen of the Month awards. Since Don came home early, he got to go with us to Journey's occupational therapist appointment. She enjoyed it immensely, as usual. The thing I love about those appointments is that she thinks they're fun games, she doesn't realize she's working on her motor skills. She just thinks it's a fun time that she gets to get out of school for half an hour for. I'm glad she thinks that though, it helps me get her ready to go. They do bookwork as well, but they mostly do exercises for her. We went after to her Good Citizen awards, where we were pleasantly surprised to see Ryan there as well. He told us that his teacher let him leave early since he told her that his sister was a Good Citizen for the month. It was very nice of her! Ryan got to see the ceremony and get a snack while Journey went and got her award. I snapped a great picture of her with the principal as well as the school counselor getting one for the Good Citizen bulletin board in the school. It's funny how the ceremony goes, as I'm very accustomed to it, considering how often my kids have been Good Citizen! I'm very proud of them! It shows that the teachers recognize how great my kids are, and how good they are to everyone. It makes me proud! We got to come home for a breather, get Journey in her gymnastics gear, and get her to gymnastics. She was very excited, and she enjoyed her time there very much. A couple of her school chums are in the class with her, so she's not totally by herself, but I don't think she'd mind even if she was. They helped her flip over on the uneven bars, which she thought was wonderful, and she walked the balance beams like a champ! She knows how to do somersaults, so she was doing some of those on the mats when it was time to do the tumbling portion of the class. They split them up into three groups, the mat, the beams and the bars, and then they rotated them stations after awhile. Journey says she thoroughly enjoyed it! She can't wait to go next Friday! After gymnastics, we went to dinner wherever Journey wanted to go, which was Olive Garden. The only bad thing is she got spaghetti on her leotard and sweatpants, so I'll have to do laundry today to clean them up before next session. All in all, it was a good day for Journey! We're very excited for vacation coming up in 5 (counting today, 6) days! I need to get the bags ready, but first I need to do laundry. Unfortunately, it's going to be a lot colder this time around than it was last year when we went (which is strange, because it's only a week's difference. We went the first week of April last year, and we're going the last week of March this year), which kind of puts a damper on some of our plans. Hopefully we pick a good day to do the mini golf outside, even if it is cold, and the rest we can do inside with no problems Sadly, I don't think we'll be visiting the beach this time around with how cold it is.I'd rather not play in a freezing ocean, and I'm sure the kids wouldn't either. Hopefully we have a good time anyway. If you're friends with me on Facebook, start looking for pictures as soon as Saturday night! |
| Cookie season is officially over for us. We sold all but our Gift of Caring cookies yesterday, and I have the final deposits to put in. I can breathe again! No more rushing around to get cookies all the time, or counting and worrying that we won't have enough or too much, stressing about making the right amount to deposit, etc., etc. My troop leader Jenn asked me what I would do differently if I knew what I know now. I told her I probably wouldn't do anything differently, just because I'm a control freak, and I like to be sure that everything is done my way, so I probably wouldn't offer anything off to someone else. It definitely made me feel very productive! And now that everything is accounted for, I think I enjoyed it! The end is always satisfying, especially when you made plenty of money for your troop, you paid off council, and you sold out of cookies! Journey ended the season with a sales total of 236 cookies sold! Way to go Journey! Her next closest sellers were 162 and 154. I think all in all, all the girls did well, and they helped make a lot of money for the troop (and for council of course), so I would say it was a successful cookie season for our little Daisy troop! Friday is going to be a big day for Journey, as she has her occupational therapist appointment at 1:30 pm, then she has her Good Citizen ceremony at 2:30 pm (she got Good Citizen of the Month this month! I'm so proud of her!!! This is the third year in a row that she's gotten Good Citizen!), and then she has her very first gymnastics class at 4:30 pm! It's going to be a wonderful day for her! She's very excited! We're counting down the days till Spring Break happens.13 more days and we'll be on our way to Ocean City! Very exciting! |
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