she's just as fast as lightning

I'm phoning it in tonight, folks -- today was a crazy day, and time got away from me. Right now, I'm waiting for Alex and Marcus to return home from her karate belt test: as I type this, she should be about to receive her promotion to third degree brown belt. This is sort of a big deal.

I told her that I couldn't come to her belt test tonight because I had to work -- but I was lying. I instead went to our favourite gluten-free bakery to grab a red velvet cupcake, and then picked up some flowers and the balloon above.

It's sort of a big deal.

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Marcus and Alex returned while I was typing this. Here's a shot Marcus took of her tonight, breaking a block of wood with her palm during her test: