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Posted by nicbea on March 24, 2010November 22, 2010

Today, in this exact moment, and for no real reason, I am utterly happy. Happy to breathe. Happy to just be. Happy to live. Happy to have left all the noise behind. A new start, a new country. Four weeks to explore and play and then the start of a new reality….whatever that may be.

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