Of the Vortex Born: Chapter Thirty-two

Chapter Thirty-two:  Stranger in the Mirror

The girl who had been told her name was Jamie Tyler stood in front of a full-length mirror staring at her body. Her clothes were wet, a thin blue gelatin clinging to her skin, her hair, straight and pale blonde, hung halfway down her back. Her eyes were blue and her cheekbones were high. She was short, barely five feet tall, and thin. She didn’t have much in the way of curves, though the promise of them was there. She did not recognize herself, but then she did not recognize anyone else, either. All strangers together, she supposed. She just wished she didn’t feel like a stranger in her own head.

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Of the Vortex Born: Chapter Thirty-two

Chapter Thirty-two:  Stranger in the Mirror

The girl who had been told her name was Jamie Tyler stood in front of a full-length mirror staring at her body. Her clothes were wet, a thin blue gelatin clinging to her skin, her hair, straight and pale blonde, hung halfway down her back. Her eyes were blue and her cheekbones were high. She was short, barely five feet tall, and thin. She didn’t have much in the way of curves, though the promise of them was there. She did not recognize herself, but then she did not recognize anyone else, either. All strangers together, she supposed. She just wished she didn’t feel like a stranger in her own head.

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Of the Vortex Born: Chapter Thirty-three

Chapter Thirty-three:  Recovery Time

Luke Smith fought for consciousness, his mind swimming through a swirling morass of confusion. It took him several minutes to come to full coherence in his own mind, several minutes longer to convince his brain to tell his eyes to open. Finally he regained control of his motor skills and his eyes blinked open, focusing on the pretty face of Mairi Tyler. Mairi? Jamie!

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Of the Vortex Born: Chapter Thirty-three

Chapter Thirty-three:  Recovery Time

Luke Smith fought for consciousness, his mind swimming through a swirling morass of confusion. It took him several minutes to come to full coherence in his own mind, several minutes longer to convince his brain to tell his eyes to open. Finally he regained control of his motor skills and his eyes blinked open, focusing on the pretty face of Mairi Tyler. Mairi? Jamie!

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Burnt Out

I'm feeling a trifle burnt out at the moment.  Both kids are sick, DH left for Alaska yesterday, I feel yucky and am hoping I'm not going to catch yet another lovely offering from my children.  I'm hoping I'm just tired.  That a good night's sleep will fix what ails me.  Anyone know where to find one?

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Burnt Out

I'm feeling a trifle burnt out at the moment.  Both kids are sick, DH left for Alaska yesterday, I feel yucky and am hoping I'm not going to catch yet another lovely offering from my children.  I'm hoping I'm just tired.  That a good night's sleep will fix what ails me.  Anyone know where to find one?

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