Things that scare me for no good reason:
- Varicose veins
- Tea Partiers
- People on MTV
- Lightning
- Going bald
- Greeting cards that sing when you open them
- Cockroaches
- Hoarders
- Becoming an old lady who collects kitsch
- Getting gray hair
- Leprosy
- Most cats
- State of English language proficiency on Craigslist
Things that scare me for good reason:
- Stink bugs taking over the world
- Never being able to write again
- Bad posture
- Sugar
- Untrained Chihuahuas and Yorkshire terriers
- Untrained children
- Having to live in a nursing home
- Being a mother
- Distressing and backward paradigms that rule the U.S. public school system
- Childhood obesity epidemic
- Puppy mills
- Childbirth
- Worldwide tea shortage
- The possibility of becoming schizophrenic
- Snow
- Teeth falling out
Litany of fear aside, I’m going to have a great weekend. Tonight, Cate is hosting a Royal Wedding party. Secretly, I’m going for the company and the tea and scones; I’m not deeply invested in the wedding of Wills and Kate, as adorable and royal as they might be. Saturday is a day of cleaning, reading, and running errands while Guion brews and then Win is coming to visit on Sunday. We are going to do our best to persuade him to live here. Any tips? What’s the best thing about living in Charlottesville?
Little Stories 
99.9% of people exposed to leprosy don’t contract it. It is very very very very rare 😀 And it is completely treatable. Have no fear!
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