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andlt;bandgt; andlt;bandgt;a different kind of dayandlt;/bandgt; andlt;/bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Some mornings,andlt;BRandgt;itand#8217;s hard to getandlt;BRandgt;out of bed.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Sleep lures youandlt;BRandgt;like a strangerandlt;BRandgt;with a piece of candy.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Follow me.andlt;BRandgt;It will be okay.andlt;BRandgt;I promise.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;You know better,andlt;BRandgt;but still you follow,andlt;BRandgt;because you really doandlt;BRandgt;love candy.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;When you finallyandlt;BRandgt;open your eyes,andlt;BRandgt;late for everythingandlt;BRandgt;and your whole dayandlt;BRandgt;screwed,andlt;BRandgt;you curse that bastard,andlt;BRandgt;Mr. Sandman.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Itand#8217;s happened to meandlt;BRandgt;a hundred times.andlt;BRandgt;But not today.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Today was different.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Anticipation is the bestandlt;BRandgt;alarm there is, and it shookandlt;BRandgt;me awake beforeandlt;BRandgt;my phone even hadandlt;BRandgt;the chance.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;As I move around my roomandlt;BRandgt;with my iPod on and earbuds in,andlt;BRandgt;my girl P!nk sings strong,andlt;BRandgt;and I feel like I haveandlt;BRandgt;superpowers.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;The power toandlt;BRandgt;let myself go,andlt;BRandgt;let myself be,andlt;BRandgt;let myself liveandlt;BRandgt;the nextandlt;BRandgt;twenty-four hoursandlt;BRandgt;in a wayandlt;BRandgt;I have never livedandlt;BRandgt;before.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;and#169; 2011 Lisa Schroeder