Hmm... Haven't posted here in awhile. We haven't had any new assignments in class, (thankfully) so I haven't had anything really to put on here. So I just decided maybe I'l just blog for a minute or two before I keep working on the endless homework that keeps starting to pile up. Expecially after this weekend. I had a root canal (after unbearable pain Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, even high dosages of pain pills couldn't knock it out) Friday afternoon, missing my Abnormal Psychology class, so I have to read the end of chapter one, study the brain all on my own and fill out/read 21 pages so I can volunteer for Oasis House here in Cedar City. I spent all weekend in this stupper, still taking pain pills, combined with the prescription from the dentist that adds the wonderful side affects to my whole injury, but as long as my tooth stopped hurting I think I'm good. If I can survive tomorrow, I'll be a champion in my own eyes.

I'm really not much a blogger today. Olivia and I woke up at six-thirty to go play raquetball, only to have all the courts being used, so instead of sticking around and waiting for a court, we decided to see what Wal-Mart was like at that time of morning. Can I just say, I might wake up that early to go shopping all the time! It was WONDERFUL! There was no one. We got our exercise by running from the car into the store and then back, 'cause it was absolutely freezing outside (8 degrees on the school marque on the way back)!

Ok, my tummy is telling me it's time to go eat something or suffer some very bad consequences. It's not very happy with me just feeding it pills and a little applesauce or yogurt every once in awhile 'cause I couldn't chew. Maybe I'll go get Chinese...

Lost Poem. We had to describe an item that we actually lost, then relate it to something else in life that we lost, but we can't mention it by name. This is the only other poem I have, and hopefully the last that I have to write! And hopefully you get what I'm writing about... I shouldn't think it's that hard! Adios!

Once is Lost is Gone for Good

She had blonde hair, blue eyes,
Pink Osh Kosh overalls,
Together our imaginations reached beyond skies.
She could be termed my best friend.

She was made and given to me,
Built as a “kid sister”,
Her sole purpose was to fill my life with glee.
To be my tag along.

When it came time to say good-bye,
Time to finally grow up,
All I wanted to do was cry.
She became my lost girl.

Now a "grown woman”,
Sometimes, when I’m feeling blue,
In my mind, the past will run
fleetingly, leaving me melancholy.

When grown things are in my face,
I close my eyes and wish,
Hope to go back to that place.
When she and I were friends.

But she was just a doll.

Moments
Her face contorted in uncomfortable, unbearable pain.

The gloriousness of understanding enveloping a once confused, dazed look.

Such a time in life when all is well, and everyone is laughing hysterically at the simplest thing.

A hand on the small of her back, gently, lovingly leading.

The feeling you get when you look at the one you love, and you just know; he's yours.

The face, upturned to greet the beloved moisture falling from darkened clouds.

The embrace of a mother for a daughter before she leaves home.

The way the look on his face changes completely when he glances the one he loves as she walks towards him.


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Images
The soft light of sunset coming through the window and settling on the light film of dust on a picture frame.

The peacefulness of sleep on a face that once was sad.

A student held to their math book, drenched in the knowledge contained within.

The look of peacefulness on the dying face as the lungs draw that terminal breath.

Thousands of drops of water dotting a car.

A student all buddled up against the cold, but they still have a very red nose.

This is my fairy tale poem. It took me only a few minutes to come up with this, but it's replacing one that I spent maybe too much time on. The assignment was to write a poem using a fairy tale to tell something, but not retaling the fairy tale. So drawing things from the fairy tale to make them fit metaphorically in your poem. Hopefully you can tell what my fairy tale was. We also had the limit of only three stanzas.

I'm a Princess

Stuck in a cruel world,
Not quite sure where to fit,
I'm just an awkward thing.

Pushed into a scene,
Most uncomfortable.
But there's a prince.

He thinks I'm lovely,
And so pursues,
Until I'm a princess.

This is my love poem. The assignment was that we couldn't write about a person, so... here's something else I can't live without. It's just the first draft, so it may seem a little worse than usual. But hey, what can you do?

The memory of you last but awhile.
The sweet taste of you makes me smile.
You make my confidence go up a mile,
Unless I don't use you for awhile.

Clean and white you leave me be-
Taking stains away from me.
Your flavors began with shades of mint,
But soon grew to include some fruity tints.

When it comes to bad breath, you're a fighter.
None but you can make my teeth shine brighter.
I think I love you, so don't be mean.
If you ever left, my friends would turn green.

I can't last long without you in my life.
You help relieve me of so much strife.
So stick with me- always be my friend-
We're In this together until the gummy end.