I've heard them say it's like a chessboard
the rolling fields of Elysium
you can see for a million lives
the golden wheat stretching into paradise
a struggle, a silence, a whispered "you're home." (yeah, this is home)
my hand glides through the stalks.
suddenly the unheard theme that's been reverberating in my heart,
it bursts into life:
Anol Shalom...anol sheh lay...
peace at the end
now we are free
the glue. I knew exactly where it was in our old house. I've looked all over - where it should be, where I would expect it to be - I can't find it here. and it's no good saying to look where you wouldn't expect it to be, because that would take me all night long. how does one make Christmas cards with no glue, and double-sided tape that won't stick? I give up. it's time for a cookie.
so you guys know...I will be leaving Monday, for Leavenworth, with parents and grandparents in tow. pray that we do not die going over the pass (actually I'm not worried at all, my dad's a good driver in the snow, and we've done it before). We'll be coming back Christmas day, unless we happen to get snowed in. then I don't know when we'll be coming back, but I'm sure we'll have a good time and make the most out of a bad situation.
the downside is, I'm not expecting we'll have internet there. now I'm definitely bringing my laptop, but if you don't hear from me, that is why. I'll be taking lots of pictures and I'll post a nice long, substantial, vaguely interesting post when I get home.
tomorrow I'm going to my grandparents, and it the "big storm" they are predicting makes the roads, treacherous, as my mother says, then I'll be staying at my grandparents' until we all leave monday morning. in which case I'll probably be on blogger a LOT and I expect lots of activity from all of you. I'm sure you will all cooperate and we will get through this without a problem.
thank you.
*turns microphone off, leaves the stage*
*spotlight turns off*
Have fun Kacy! My brother is coming up here tomorrow and I am SUPER excited! We are going to have a nice Christmas. Oh, the icy roads are not so bad after a while. Then again, this me talking who likes to slip and slide around in the car. :-D
ReplyDeleteharrummphh.
ReplyDeleteso....everything changes when it snows. I don't understand why people ask, complain, wish for a White Christmas, and when it finally comes in the form of a mini blizzard...
everybody freaks out. because all of a sudden we can't drive anywhere, and the power just might go out.
so. I'm still going to my grandparents' tonight. depending on weather, I may come back tomorrow, because we may not leave monday morning. :( because the passes will be blizzards.
on top of this, no one was with my great grandma last night at the rehab center (because of the weather), and she tried to get up and fell and broke her other hip. she's in the hospital now.
I know I sound depressed. I'm not really - just disappointed that everything has to be so complicated; that something so beautiful could ruin our Christmas plans. I mean, even if we don't go, we'll have a good time.
maybe this is just because I packed last night so now I'm all excited. :(
anyway, have a blast with your brother Lucy!!!! that's so awesome you get to be together for Christmas! and I'm thinking....you may have snow soon, if this storm still has any energy when it gets up your direction.
not that I'm a weatherman or anything. on second thought, I guess it doesn't matter....all they do is flip a coin anyway, right?
agh! before you go!
ReplyDeleteneed help . . . .
what should i read first? pride and prejoodis or sense and sensebilty?
or another that is better?
lol. Pride and Prejudice is my vote.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have fun in Leavenworth. *is jealous* No, really, leavenworth is soooo awesome.
YES!!! Pride and Prejudice definitely. though they are both wonderful.
ReplyDeletehmm....don't get that question from very many guys.
yes, I hope we get to leave on Monday. I really really hope the passes are open.
Hm. well I have no idea since I've never read either one...lol
ReplyDeleteI am probably missing something big, aren't I?
well, you see, wes goin' on vacation and i have to prepare myself for a long car ride . . . . . and i'll need sleep . . . . therefore . . .
ReplyDeleteLOL.
*grins*
oh you want a book to fall asleep on?
ReplyDeletethen don't read Pride & Prejudice. :) take a dry history book or something.
LOL!! Nice Bo XD
ReplyDeleteDefinitely bring a boring history book if you want sleep. Those do it for me all the time whenever I have to write a history report for school :-P (ack. partially the explaination for my recent D on my last report....*sigh*)
take les miserables and read the argot chapter. =)
ReplyDeletepride and prejudice! yay!
dang, kacy, sorry about your great grandma. that sucks.
ummmm, seconded on that . . . .
ReplyDeleteyeah good idea Anna.
ReplyDeleteactually, the two or three chapters on the battle of Waterloo were worse than the Argot chapter. so you can read those, plus the description of the layout of the Paris sewer system. that should do it.
Now what about the problem of not having time to read Pride and Prejudice???
ReplyDeletedid i say that? . . . . .
ReplyDeleteNot-dying while going over the pass is a very good idea. I approve of this message. :-)
ReplyDelete*sings* books books books.
ReplyDeleteHaha, ok, we'll try hard just for you Beth!
ReplyDeleteyeah, not having time to read books is always a big problem, I think for many of us.