Since you have decided to come along for this adventure I should introduce us. ‘Us’ includes myself (Kim) and my boyfriend, Ryan. I am a twenty-seven year old girl, average in every way but two. The first is that I have disproportionately large dreams. The second is that I have a higher than average failure rate, hovering around the hundred percent mark. I have failed at every one of my aspirations. In all likelihood I will end up a teacher when all of this is over. For now I am an aspiring writer afraid to really commit to it because when I fail at that I don't know if I can pick myself up again. Ryan, in contrast, is the bright spot in my life. When I told him about eight weeks ago that I
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