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Chicken Pox

Wow! Has it really been four months since i wrote? Well, i guess that means i should have had plenty of time to give up another good story.... let's see ...... Oh yes, i know.......the chicken pox. I'll tell you about the chicken pox and how something so simple affected me for years: I think it was shortly after Christmas, in the 5th grade, when we left Seattle and Mormor and Morfar and moved to Round Rock, Texas. Round Rock is pretty close to Austin. This move was a pretty big transition for me, and i don't remember making friends very easily. We lived in a rental home on a little circle drive in some subdivision in Round Rock, and i went to Brushy Creek Elementary School. Jessica, who was 2 years younger that i, lived next door, and we were pretty good friends despite our age difference. About two weeks before Spring Break, i started getting little spots on my side. At first, my parents thought that Jessica's dog was giving me fleas, but as it turned out i h