and I don't expect a Southern girl to know the Northern lights...
and i do need the wind across my pale face
and i do need the fern to unfurl in the spring
and i do need the grass to sway
yes, i do need to know my place
but all i want is your eyes i
n the morning as we wait for a short while
Northern Lights - Bowerbirds
It's a funny thing, living in Texas during the "winter". Anyone who has lived in the South understands why winter is in quotation marks. Today it is 66 degrees outside and the trees are still full of orange and red and yellow leaves. Yesterday was the official first day of winter and I have to say, it was super warm even for Texas. I lust after the snowy bundled up days of the northerners. Oh well, I'll have to deal with our fall/winter here in Texas.
My grandmother had another stroke on Saturday right before my graduation. My mom missed my graduation ceremony to take her to the hospital and is pretty heartbroken since she waited years and years to see me walk across the stage. Gma is still in the hospital, will be likely for at least the rest of the week and then she's presumably off to rehab or a care facility. She's pretty much run out of life with any quality attached to it and is ready to go on.. alas, it doesn't seem like that's in the cards for her at the moment. I'm pretty sure it's a horrible thing to pray for your grandmother to die, but I did just that the other day in church.
I've been making things during the evenings since school let out. First the wreaths, now some quotation 'artwork'. When I get overwhelmed this seems to make everything all calm and shiny again. Tonight I will be wrapping the rest of my Christmas presents but I need to stop on the way home and grab some pretty ribbon for the cause. My landlord is at the house right now, fixing the shower because the hot water refused to turn off after I took a shower last night. Fun times. Other than that, things are pretty normal and low-key. (ha).
I feel like I could sleep for a few days straight at the moment. Probably because I had two peppermint mochas and a pot of coffee yesterday. I need to have all caffeine taken away from me... it's true.
Anyone traveling for the holidays?