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Friday Fragments #7

Friday Fragments with StarIt's the 7th installment of Friday Fragments and it's on the 7th. I hope that means this is a super lucky set of frags. Did you ever carry a rabbit's foot as a kid? They were pretty big when I was in elementary school. Girls would hook them to the belt loops on their jeans. They were brightly colored and I wanted one. My mom never said yes. Looking back, that seems really gross so that's probably a good thing.

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I have always been fascinated by repeating numbers. They seem special to me. I love when the time on a digital clock has all the same digits like 5:55. My absolute favorite is 11:11. If I see it, I will yell, "It's 11:11, make a wish!" I have even tweeted it. I've done it enough my family will sometimes call me at that time to tell me to make a wish.

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Speaking of repetitive numbers, tomorrow is August 8th or 8-8. In the summer of 1988, my parents took my brothers and I for a 10 day vacation to London. The trip was memorable for many reasons but two stand out. To begin, they were suffering a heat wave. This brought the temperatures to mid-80s. Everyone was apologizing and/or complaining about the weather. This Texan family was laughing. It was the coolest we had been since May! Second was the birth of Princess Beatrice. She was born on 8-8-88. The astrologers and prognosticators were going crazy over this date. Between its literal rarity as a month-day-year match up (or if you're European, day-month-year), it seems there was a lot going on in the skies. She was destined for greatness, it seems. Other than wearing a highly distracting hat to her cousin's wedding, I don't know of any great accomplishments but she still is young. We'll see.More, however, tomorrow is the wedding day of my cousin and her fiancé. They are having a destination wedding in Mill Valley and I am excited to join them. I hope the date proves very lucky and very blessed for them.

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So that's my luck for this Friday Have you been lucky this week?  Or did you frag, lucky or not?