hopeful (celebratory dress) day

the weather today- beautiful. thank you Lord.

i woke up this morning, the sun was not yet out from behind the mountains, so all was carefully queit. i made some tea and finished a paper, which i just turned in and now i feel like i have wings. so glad i wore the seafoam green dress today! and i am looking forward to the rest of the paperless afternoon.

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i can picture us being together in a shanty apartment filled with satisfaction, love, god, and
tomoato soup i can see us laying on the hand-me-down couch
an old grape jelly stain
you, with a guitar on your lap and me with a smile, us
singing lightly, hill tunes to a red brick wall
the skyscrapers are our hilltops for a time and
we have so little.
i am happy here.

sunday night with coltrane

well, i'm finding myself in the library again. this time, in the reading room beside the fireplace that has yet to fulfill it's duties this season, and a latte instead of tea. gotta get things done tonight!

of course, i really should be working on homework, but i'm telling myself that i just need to spill some thoughts out before i cram more information in.

life is so funny right now. it's a miracle that i am here, and i need not forget that in the in's and out's of my day. it's just easy to, you know? when you have this due at this time, and you have to squeeze in dinner during this fifteen minute break, and you'd rather take naps than most other things. and classes are getting to that annoying part in the semester. i am thankful to be here. He is so good, and He is in it all.

i feel like i have been placed on a blank canvas, and i don't know what to paint around me. but that's okay. as unsure as it feels sometimes, i'm overwhelmingly excited. it's going to be a beautiful picture, and i get to stick around for all of it.

i'm here, i'm not sure why, but i'm trying to work hard and to find time alone to be with Him. His nearness is my absolute good.

so, i really should be off to write about coltrane for lovers and read about the history of islam and christianity. just do it, sam!

quarter till noon

i'm still trying to get used to this new avenue of writing, but i like it.

the air is so sharp today, it struck my lungs as i took a breath in on the way to the bus stop. i love it when autumn shows up.

i'm sitting in the library, third floor, with rhythmic clicks of keyboards and occasional sniffles and coughs being the only sounds i can hear, and i like that. i feel like i'm getting away when i'm here, like a little vacation with hot green tea close at hand. it's one of the only places where i find it easy to be truly quiet and still here. i do love the hustle and bustle of campus, but this is a nice getaway.

i should be developing the body of a paper, but really, i only have ten minutes left before i will get up and get a chicken wrap, so i can't really get much done then, right? right! i'm really enjoying the class the paper is for, though, so even though it's a difficult topic and more pages than i'd ideally wish to write here on a monday, it's interesting to me, and i feel like i'll be proud of it when i'm done. more hot green tea to come, i'm sure.

today is a beautiful day, and i'm thankful that i'm alive and living. inspired by good old st. francis of assisi,

open my eyes to see
all the beautiful things of today.
i don't want to miss what You see.
and may i walk at a slower pace
and see to someone elses needs
before i tend to myself.
take the weariness from my eyes,
i just want to see You,
a sweet autumn romance
springs alive in me.

noon!