Now with a gooey chocolate center!
So, regardless of whether the illness was really self-inflicted or not, I was actually ill last week. I went running on Friday and could hardly complete the 2 miles I normally run. I made it about a mile and a half when suddenly I was almost unable to walk from nausea and pain. Clearly something was really wrong with me. Although it was nothing that a few hours curled up in bed and on the couch couldn't cure. Now that a lazy weekend is over, I back to my normal, yet still procrastinating, self!
As today is April 30th, I am submitting my poem for the Poetry on the Busses contest--at the last minute, of course. While it may never be published on a bus, I'll put my entry here for you all to peruse at your leisure. It definitely feels good to be actually submitting something for this. After all, up til now, I had not written a real, complete poem for months, if not a full year. So please forgive me if I seem a bit rusty:
Magnolia
The subtle petals
strewn underfoot--
ivory bruised brown
scent released, sweeter--
as when dreams dissipate
one note lingering
stronger in the fading.
In other news, leaving work means that you get lots of food evidently. Today was lunch out with the lab, then tomorrow is a potluck which I was going to make another devils food and baileys cake for... but I'll see if I have time for that. Tonight I need to pack for Florida, so that Mom can take my suitcase home for me after bringing Zoe back up to the apartment for my roommates to take care of her while we're all gone. And that has to happen after my last hip hop dance class ends at 8, and I get home around 9.
This week will be slightly crazy, but GREAT. Tomorrow, I go home and get my kitty. Wednesday some kind of celebration will certainly ensue, although I will have to avoid alcohol since on Thursday, I'm getting a massage and haircut. Friday will be heading home to finish packing and prep for the long weeks of relaxation ahead of me.
#1 important thing on my list for the week: Buy sunscreen.
As today is April 30th, I am submitting my poem for the Poetry on the Busses contest--at the last minute, of course. While it may never be published on a bus, I'll put my entry here for you all to peruse at your leisure. It definitely feels good to be actually submitting something for this. After all, up til now, I had not written a real, complete poem for months, if not a full year. So please forgive me if I seem a bit rusty:
Magnolia
The subtle petals
strewn underfoot--
ivory bruised brown
scent released, sweeter--
as when dreams dissipate
one note lingering
stronger in the fading.
In other news, leaving work means that you get lots of food evidently. Today was lunch out with the lab, then tomorrow is a potluck which I was going to make another devils food and baileys cake for... but I'll see if I have time for that. Tonight I need to pack for Florida, so that Mom can take my suitcase home for me after bringing Zoe back up to the apartment for my roommates to take care of her while we're all gone. And that has to happen after my last hip hop dance class ends at 8, and I get home around 9.
This week will be slightly crazy, but GREAT. Tomorrow, I go home and get my kitty. Wednesday some kind of celebration will certainly ensue, although I will have to avoid alcohol since on Thursday, I'm getting a massage and haircut. Friday will be heading home to finish packing and prep for the long weeks of relaxation ahead of me.
#1 important thing on my list for the week: Buy sunscreen.