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$\"Les_remords_de_la_patrie\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

But it did make me think (as I cast around for anything to think about, other than how likely it was for all twelve of us to spend the next week hurling our guts across the room, with or without the aid of corn) of all the other bad choices I\u2019ve made in my life. For instance . . .<\/p>\n

\u201cI insist that you kids get heavily involved with T-ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCamping with nine children, no electricity, no running water, and morning sickness sounds like it might be rough, but I have faith in the miraculous, transformative power of family time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBuying clothes two sizes too small will motivate me\u00a0to lose weight fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably if I drive even faster as the sun goes down along this unfamiliar highway with three kids who are not potty-trained in the car, that grinding, chattering, hooting, whomping noise coming from the transmission will stop on its own.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our last day together as a childless couple. I\u2019m only in early labor, so let\u2019s go out for the biggest, meatiest breakfast ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they\u2019re the Legion of Christ \u2014 the good guys! Surely they\u2019ll pay me eventually, because they are honest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, filthy Italian man. As a naive and depressed college sophomore, I would love to go visit your terrifying friends who are squatting in some ruins just outside of Rome. Please tell me more about the band you\u2019re in while we get on this unfamiliar bus together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oh, and one more thing, to bring us full circle:\u00a0\u201cUh oh, someone needs a bowl quick! Ah, here is a plastic one that I accidentally left on a hot stove.\u201d<\/p>\n

I know I\u2019m blocking out some biggies, too, but that\u2019s all I can come up with at the moment. So make me feel a little better, and tell me all about the times you chose poorly. Whatcha got, and how sorry were you?<\/p>\n

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