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on the map

I'm flipping though six months of pictures from my phone trying to decide where to begin. I'll start here. Dale gave me Tuesday nights a few months ago, to do whatever I want by myself. I've never had such a luxury afforded to me, and I could never ask for it; it seemed impossible. Each week we talk about whether I'll leave or not, and a lot of weeks I don't go anywhere because we have a scheduling conflict, but about once a month I've taken advantage of this incredible opportunity to be "off the clock." While I'm never completely off the clock, no parent is, it's so nice to just do whatever I want for a few hours. What would you do? My first inclination is to go somewhere that serves coffee. I don't know what it is about drinking coffee that I love so much... I really do love it though. I wish I could drink it all day long, but my caffeine limit fills up pretty quickly. I want to be somewhere quiet. I love the quiet. When my kid