This is the true story of what actually happened.
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It fell in the sink. That's all. I went to check my lipstick, the automatic sink was running, and when I grabbed my jacket, the phone that was on it fell into the running sink. The end.
Well, not the end. It lived just long enough for me to go through and type up all the notes I've written on it. It happened to be a very large number of notes which included:
- Random questions like why people hiccup and whether or not people with acromegaly have red or yellow bone marrow
- Note: I already know hiccups are caused by an irritated phrenic nerve that causes the diaphragm to spasm. What I'm wondering is why it happens? What is the function?
- This quote: "Dare to be a Mormon; dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose firm; dare to make it known."
- The memory of going on a super long, shoeless walk with Hannah one Sunday. We passed a man who told his granddaughter, "We should have a telethon so we can get these girls some shoes!"
- Lists of songs I love and movies I should buy
But my favorite part was a list of "simple things in life that make me happy." It read as follows:
watching yeast act in warm water
muddy fields - everything about them
the feeling of a clean bathroom
a full fridge
the sound of tennis shoes on concrete
rainy sidewalks
dirt and sugar beets (or any crop for that matter)
tractor grease
a good rapid
driving through nowhere at night
driving a stick-shift
old books
photographs
journals
making a stranger laugh
glow-sticks
good high-fives and handshakes
mountain bike battle wounds
fiddling with the folds in fabric
changing a lightbulb
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