Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.

Down time can be just fine

playing bangers from the 90s

tea break

lunch break

maybe listen to the outbreak

sometimes it's not time for some

tombola right

it's enjoying lasagna time

chilling with a book time

or time to visit your nan time

go on play some other time put your your phone down. Tombollah.

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We'd been driving since dawn, and by the time the O'atchita Mountains began to swallow us,

their jagged peaks and thick greenery felt like something from another world.

I'd booked this trip, an isolated A-frame cabin tucked away in the heart of the O'atchita National

Forest, mainly because the photos promised seclusion and a weekend free from distractions. I wanted us to

disconnect, laugh, maybe even scare ourselves a bit. Turns out, I'd get far more than I'd bargained for.

I remember pulling into a dusty gas station near the Talimina Scenic Drive to fill up the tank

and grab some snacks before heading deeper into the wilderness.

The cashier, a grizzled local with wary eyes, gave a strange look when I told him where we were going.

He hesitated, then mumbled something about that old place, and shook his head, returning my change

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