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A numbers game

By The Saleswoman

Number of sales at today’s outdoor craft fair: 4
Number of hours away from home: 7
Number of those hours during which it rained: 5
Number of people willing to give me their email address to follow up on hosting a party: 10
Number of confused elderly men who told me about their WWII experiences: 2
Number of times I called my husband in a 15-minute period to ask him to bring things I’d forgotten: 3
Number of times my husband hung up on me in frustration: 1
Number of items I broke when I tried to adjust my tablecover: 2
Number of scouts who dropped their candy to hold my tent down: 2
Number of times my tent almost blew away today: 100+

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