October 26th, 22BBY

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Dear Diary,

   The Senate rambled on for a few hours and nothing really got decided. A few star systems were granted more clone troops for protection, and others were told that they would have to wait.

    It scares me that in only two months, so many systems have fallen into poverty, others have abandoned the Republic and joined the Separatists, others didn't have the choice. Unlike the Republic, the Separatists are determined to gain support wether the star system is willing or not.

    When I'm at Senate meetings, I focus on the matters at hand. I represent my planet and put all personal matters behind me. Out there, I am Senator Padme Amidala of Naboo. Devoted politician and passionate Loyalist. But at home, I am Padme Naberrie Skywalkr. Devoted wife and passionate lover of Anakin Skywalker.

    I'm two very different people. One of them I've known practically all my life. The other, I met only a few months ago. And everyday, I feel less and less like the Senator and more and more like the wife. Like one life of mine is consuming the other.

     I could never tell anyone about how I feel, not my sister, not even Anakin.

                                Love, Mrs. Skywalker

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