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i woke up this morning thinking about chess.

bartlebee is defending her thesis today. on friday we handed kaya's leash to roberto and said goodbye to the shedding-one. this friday is my last day of work. saturday is my bachelor party.

and the following saturday i get married and then we leave for africa in less than a month.

so the long-term plans i put in motion a year ago are now coming to fruition. when i moved those pawns around last july i had this idea that maybe, just maybe, i could manage to get bartlebee to join me in matrimony, quit my job, and leave the country with minimal plans.

just about now.

in a few more moves it will be mate.

and i've got that anxious, nervous energy flipping my heart into triple time because i can SEE just how close i am but i'm not there yet.

those of you who know bartlebee, we're meeting at the orbit room tonight to celebrate the successful defending of her thesis. probably 9:30ish.