I am finally in Nursing School!! Not just talking about it, but literally REGISTERED for classes! And, to top it all off, i have a grant! Not only do I not have to PAY for my classes, but I also do not have to pay the grant back! (of course, unless I do not keep my grades up...but that won't happen). I am so awed by it all that I kind of don't believe it...I keep checking my registration status just to make sure! I check it and look in disbelief and think I will check one day and all of a sudden I will no longer be registered and it was all a dream or I forgot to do something important and they took me out of the system again! But my classes never fail to jump out at me every time I look for their confirmation...strange things they are...

It is winter. this is the first winter I have ever felt where I feel like hibernating. Do you know how strange it is for me to feel like this? In the mornings I want to just lay in my hammock and let it swing back and forth and rock me while I sit and think about nothing in particular. I know the days are shorter now, and the sun has been shrouded by clouds and has not been able to greet me in the mornings. This, I know, has had an effect on me, though I would say I am holding up quite well despite that fact ::grins amusedly::
The morning is when there is the most quiet, usually - my windows are all frosted, and my roommates have either not gotten up yet or have gone to work already. You see, they are all nigh-owls (the dears) and so almost every evening is some strange new concoction of one writing lyrics and playing strange instruments (like the saw which wails and hums, and the organ), another 'mate playing piano or some sort of new fangled electronica music (like the new album of "Tiny Boots" that just arrived for him), and another playing the Four Tops "Same Old Song" over and over. I never have any trouble falling to sleep, though. Somehow the music doesn't bother me and I can fall to sleep anywhere at almost any time. It may be because, when I was young, I had to fall to sleep to "I'm Chris! And Welcome to ADVENTURES IN ODYSSEY!" every single night. These things, at night, simply do not phase me AT ALL any more! Thank you Christa for my training ::smiles and chuckles::
Tonight, however, this house is quiet and peaceful. All the lights are low and there is a feeling of hush'd reverence blanketing the house - covering each door. This night is not one to be messed with, and somehow we all feel it. On my drive home, I shut off all music and sang to myself in the quiet of my car. Sometimes it is a great place to stop and listen to ones self think. And, of course, it is rare that I do not have a song or a poem flying around in my head, so I must sing if it is a song and let the poem drip/spill out of my mouth as it wills. Tonight both song and poem willed and so I let them flow. This is an ode to departing friends, a blessing for family far away, and an embrace for those friends and family who are close.

Now, I must follow my eye lids' example and fall asleep just as they are now doing!! Peace for today and bright hope for tomorrow...great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.