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“Two Vans, Tired Eyes, and a Bigger World”

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Tired eyes tonight.

I think I might need glasses — things get a little fuzzy when I try to read small letters or see details from far away.

Maybe age, maybe fatigue, maybe both.

Unloaded two vans of plastic bag cases with my dad about an hour ago.

That shit took almost two hours.

Not fun, but I did it.

No complaining.

Just action.

Now I’m typing this while watching a girl online — Russian by birth, Mexican by childhood, studying in Russia again.

Bilingual.

Multicultural.

A bridge between two worlds.

I find that fascinating.

Maybe because I like the idea of someone who carries more than one culture, more than one life inside them.

Feels like a doorway into something bigger than the block you grew up on.

A reminder that the world is huge…

and I only lived in a small corner of it for too long.

My eyes are hurting now, arm’s tired.

I’m finishing this with my eyes half-closed.

Time for bed.

It feels like the right time.



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