Tonight I am so tired that...

…I spent five minutes trying to figure out if
A) Tyra Banks is a real name,
B) Tyra Banks is a woman’s name, and
C) Tyra Banks is the name I was trying to say, or if it was just coming out of my mouth for no reason.

…I almost cried- not because anything was wrong- but just because I was tired.

…I went to post a blog and this was all I could think of.

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