Blackberry Fool

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by Nancy on January 26, 2012

We all have them – you know, those dreams where you show up to class and it’s the final – and you haven’t been to class all semester. And then you  wake up, relieved to find that yes you  did graduate and you  did not flunk the final.

For me those dreams are a little different. In my dreams, instead of showing up to class for the final, in my version it’s people who show up for dinner that I have invited … and not prepared for.

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