Although party invitations no longer frightened me. I still found myself making careful preparations for this particular party.(1)____________________________. I had recently gone on a diet, but because I didn't want to look too things I discontinued it. What should I bring to my hosts. Flowers? Wine? Meeting new people was still a major undertaking. It was scheduled for this Saturday and I decided to take a taxi to the suburb where it was being help.(2)_______________________. It already felt like midwinter. Trees,covered with leaves only yesterday had become bare overnight. Dark clouds suggested a further change in the weather. From my newspaper I learned that a storm which had already struck another state was on its way to New York. The storm left destruction behind.(3)__________________________. As I lay in bed the morning of the party. I was conscious of a change also taking place in. A loose tooth which had not bothered me suddenly sent a terrible pain through my job. Usually I don't have any headache. but I awoke with a dull ache on the left side of my head. Several disturbing dreams had given me a restless night. though I could only remember them vaguely.(4)_____________________________. There was also something about an animas, but what it was I could not recollect. However,that really upset me was that I couldn't go to the party.
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