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My alarm went off at six-forty-four this morning, which surprised me. Not because I didn’t know it would go off at that time, since I’d set it the night before, but the sound of my alarm jolted me awake. It was a feeling I experienced every morning, all the ones I set my alarm for, … Read more

I glanced down at the screen in my car which currently displayed the map and directions for my trip. I hated driving downtown, but I needed to leave straight from my meeting to another appointment in East County, so it made more sense to take my own car. I took a deep breath as I … Read more

“You sure he’s coming?” I looked over at Carla who sat on the couch across the room, her dark hair pulled into two braids that hung down the front of her chest and grazed the top of the cleavage bursting from her pink tank top. I opened the app on my phone and looked at … Read more

I closed my eyes and sighed, trying to massage the knots my neck had gathered after a day sitting in the same position at my desk. I listened to the hum of my computer as it worked through the analysis of the model I’d spent all day setting up. Just a few more minutes and … Read more

I checked my wallet one more time to make sure I had my ID, then slid it back into my purse before pulling my phone out. The rideshare app had originally shown that my ride would arrive within the next minute. I’d had rides cancelled previously, which was okay when I didn’t have a tight … Read more

I hadn’t been hiking in at least a year when I pulled to the side of the road in east county San Diego mid-morning in early May. I thought it would be better to get an early start, but when my alarm went off, I remembered that I don’t like getting up early, so I … Read more

“Morning.” I felt a soft finger running up and down my arm, and squinted one eye open to see a dark-haired man with green eyes propped on an elbow in front of me on the bed, smiling. Crap, what was his name again? “Morning,” I said, skipping the name. “Last night was really great,” he … Read more

“Can I get you a glass of wine?” he asked. “Sure,” I replied with a nod. He held up a bottle of red and I nodded again, glancing down at his butt as he poured. It looked firm, but not so big I’d classify it as a bubble butt. “Here you go,” he said, handing … Read more

Parking by La Jolla Shores is pretty difficult on a Saturday morning in June. The parking lot nearest the beach generally has lines of cars waiting for parking, and traffic along the coast moves slowly as tourists and locals alike hope for an open spot that never comes. On this particular Saturday, I had no … Read more