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mnt_raphMaintaining a healthy Work/Life balance isn't easy for anyone regardless of who you are and how you define Work and Life.
If you're Raph, Work is: verb simultaneously defending and protecting two entirely different worlds while somehow managing to keep your efforts as secret as possible from what you define as Life.
Life: noun Abigail.
It's not easy what you're doing. Not the fighting, that part is easy and always has been. It's the lying and sneaking that seem to be getting to you. You remind yourself you do it because you have to. You do it to protect her and her world. You do it because the lie that brings a smile is so much better than the truth that usually results in screaming, and not the good kind. You do it because you love your Life.
But somehow even that doesn't change the fact that every day it gets harder and harder to maintain the lies. The stress of maintaining them builds and builds and you often find yourself wanting to pull your hair out and scream. Then you laugh and remind yourself, Good thing you're bald. Then you do what you always do and push the frustration down deep inside. You use it to fuel just one more all night scout mission or just one last after-hours Security shift, until you've all but burned yourself out entirely resulting in yet another day of you still being in bed even though it's well past lunch.
If you're Raph, Work is: verb simultaneously defending and protecting two entirely different worlds while somehow managing to keep your efforts as secret as possible from what you define as Life.
Life: noun Abigail.
It's not easy what you're doing. Not the fighting, that part is easy and always has been. It's the lying and sneaking that seem to be getting to you. You remind yourself you do it because you have to. You do it to protect her and her world. You do it because the lie that brings a smile is so much better than the truth that usually results in screaming, and not the good kind. You do it because you love your Life.
But somehow even that doesn't change the fact that every day it gets harder and harder to maintain the lies. The stress of maintaining them builds and builds and you often find yourself wanting to pull your hair out and scream. Then you laugh and remind yourself, Good thing you're bald. Then you do what you always do and push the frustration down deep inside. You use it to fuel just one more all night scout mission or just one last after-hours Security shift, until you've all but burned yourself out entirely resulting in yet another day of you still being in bed even though it's well past lunch.
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Date: 2008-12-04 04:08 am (UTC)Alanna rolls her eyes. "All three are picky eaters. I doubt they'd be that adventurous. Now come on, or I'll let them wake you up, next time."
Jamie flashes him an unrepentant grin. "Yeah, and Uncle George taught us a new song, too."
Thom stays quiet. He's hoping Raph will show him a few moves later.
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Date: 2008-12-04 04:20 am (UTC)Grumbles the Shang as he kips up to his feet.
"A'right, a'righta'right. I'm up i'mup. So much for my day off, no rest for the wicked. What time is it, anyways?"
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Date: 2008-12-04 04:27 am (UTC)"Practically bedtime!"
"Laaaaaaaate."
"Midday."
Alanna just smiles slyly. "Cook's prepared a midday meal. After, why don't you go see Abigail?"
"ABIGAIL!" three young voices sing out.
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Date: 2008-12-04 04:31 am (UTC)"Right. So who's racin' me to the dinin' room?"
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Date: 2008-12-04 04:48 am (UTC)Grace echoes her mother's earlier eyeroll and says, "No dignity." It's a variation on something she overheard at court, and her new favorite phrase.
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Date: 2008-12-04 05:00 am (UTC)"There's a time an' a place for dignity, an' this ain't either."
He says sagely before turning his attention to the racers.
"On ya' mark.
Get set."
And then he makes a break for the doorway, leaping clear over the rest of the runners and tumbling head first into the hallway.
"GO!"
Yells Raph from down the hall.
Ninjas, they never do play fair.