You ever been in that situation where on the outside you're completely calm and logical, but you are dimly aware that there is a part of you inside going apeshit, a part that is overcome by pants-shitting terror and slowly eroding the nice thick walls of rationality and sense that you have erected to keep it at bay?

That's me right now.

I'm in my second semester of nursing school; That's not the scary part.  A publisher I queried last year just emailed and asked when would be a good time to call and talk about my book; that's not scary either.

What's scary is that I've got to worry about school, my book getting published, AND the fact that I'm going to be a dad in September.

Me.  I'm going to be a dad.  And there is nothing on God's green earth that terrifies me more or makes me more excited.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

First off, congrats. It really is exciting and scary all at the same time. There's nothing quite like though and the rewards are tremendous!

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"Humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer." ~ Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

Seeing if I can help this thread fix itself with more filler.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

Filler is starting to stop looking like a word.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.