though it's just a 15 minute drive                                from strawbale,                              
          town--a square mile village bracketed                         by a smear of strip malls
         up and down rte 24--seems an alien and                      distant place. but fun, too! and
      a needed break from polar vortex-induced                  cabin fever. the trampolines made
   me feel rickety and winded as i faceplanted in             seconds but my ego was healed
 by unleashing the fury of my justice bludgeon.                pascal dunked and
flipped. sarah and i sank like tigers in a tarpit.