Checking in with Emmy
Hi [Emmy].
That is wonderful news. Perhaps you could get your Mom to read whatever it was to you before she sends it. Otherwise, I’m sure it won’t take long for it to reach you when she forwards it from Lancaster.
As far as breaking your lease goes: Yes, that can be a little intimidating. But even if you have to forfeit your security deposit, you’ll get that amount of money in short order once you move to [Pittsburgh] because of all the rent you’ll save. Besides, if you talk to your current landlord, they might let you out of your lease. Don’t be afraid to pursue the possibility.
Pittsburgh would be a good place for you. I don’t think you’re nuts.
On the emails: You’re welcome. I hope what I wrote helps you.
No matter what you look like, someone will always think you could look better. No matter how good a job you do, there are some who will find fault with it. Thus we have the perpetually unsolvable problem of pleasing others. That is: You’ll never please everyone, no matter how hard you try. So don’t try too hard. It’s important to learn to be happy with who and what you are, while knowing that not everyone will like it. Whether they like you or not, your goodness as a person is assured. Their opinions don’t determine that. Only you do. So, do think well of yourself as you are. When you get right down to it, the choice to like yourself is rather arbitrary once you truly learn to ignore others’ opinions. You need not prove to anyone  why  you’re good. All you have to say in your defense is, “I’m good just because I think I’m good.”
My writing is going well today. 1000 words so far.
On Charlie Horses, I got these tidbits from the Internet:
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Later,
Tom Hesley