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Various lessons (some profound, some mundane) I have learned over the past month or so:

- If you’re in my neighborhood and you want Starbucks, always, always go to the one at the Target. If Target is closed, seriously reevaluate your immediate need for caffeine.

- Bath and Body Works is not (yet) going out of business. The store always looks like that.

- Proofreading is your friend. Proofreading is your friend. Proofreading can save your ass. Proofreading is your friend.

- Even on the day when you feel the most depressed you’ve been in almost 20 years, it’s still possible to feel just a little better by laughing at something.

- On the same day when you feel the most depressed you’ve been in almost 20 years, rest assured that there will come a day when you feel even worse. So you might as well get over it for now.

- Driving makes me sleepy, even when I’ve had plenty of rest. It’s like a sedative, even though I don’t find driving relaxing in any way. I can’t wait for the teleporter to be invented and widely available.

- Turns out, my mother was right about nearly everything. I’m torn between being impressed and dismayed.