Monday, August 13, 2007

All good things...

At around 1'oclock in the morning on Saturday the 11th of August, my car caught on fire in a Wendy's parking lot and burned to a crisp. Well, at least the front half of it burned to a crisp. The interior is fine, oddly enough. The blaze was rather big. I'm going to miss that car; the Volvo and I had many adventures. I'm also hoping that I got that whole car-fire thing out of the way early in life. What are the chances another car is going to spontaneously combust on me? Remote, I certaily hope.

I'm not sure what else is going on in my life. The fearful aspect of this whole ordeal I think I'm over (though I'm certainly expecting horrible dreams in the near future due to), but it has certainly been a real downer in the self-esteem department. August has now become one of my least favorite months. Last year I got dumped and lost my boyfriend, this year I lost my car. Woohoo. And I have to move out of my apartment in less than a week. This is maybe the only place I've ever called "home" besides my house; I've lived here for a year and have become really attached. Finals are three and seven days away, respectively. And then I'm getting out of New England for awhile. Savannah for a few days, then Cocoa Beach for a few more. And then I fly back to Boston for fall semester. I'm looking forward toward fall; school will seem normal then and kids will populate Boston once again.

I guess I just wanted to laugh at myself that my prediction of last May was completely true. I did have an emotional meltdown. Though, I should note it was more toward the end of summer than the middle. My 20th birthday was not the cause; August sure is. I can only hope that August will get better from here on out. Six months ago, I was having this exact same type of reaction to life. It was February, after all. I think toward the end the month started to pick up. Here's hoping the same will happen again! Ugh.

I don't know, life is weird sometimes. But at least I'm getting a lot written again. Fortunes of war, I suppose. Until next time...

and by the hundreds
they came
they crept silently across my mind
and only if i were:
listening to the proper tune;
focused in on the right thought;
in perfect harmony with nature;
or holding my own bleeding, broken heart in my hands,
only only if i do these things,
can those hundreds
of dreams, whispers, memories, poems, and truths,
come out to play.