I don't know how many of you are still reading this, and if you're not, I deserve it. My online life is pretty much dead. My real life is too wacked to keep up with both. Last Monday my dad got whisked to the emergency room at 4 a.m. because of an infection in his intestines.  He'll be back home some time this week. Carrie and Jeremiah found a house and the baby is due in 3 weeks. But the house was a wreck. We have it mostly cleaned up now. But argh- you really get tired of Pine-Sol, dirt, grit, plaster, staples, carpet, masking tape, mops and paint smell after a while. This week really sucked. It's better now, but Monday at jujitsu wasn't so hot. I love everybody, but that doesn't mean I like them, and two people I really dislike were there-- an assisstant instructor who's an ex-Marine and assumes everyone else is too,  and a prissy cheerleader of a brat girl who thinks that the world revolves around her and her whining . I haven't been able to sleep in my own bed for over a week and therefore haven't slept . Everything I eat makes me feel ill. Ok, enough with the whining. My chores are done, my friends rule, and life is good. Oh!!!! I almost forgot-- I GOT MY YELLOW BELT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!        I'm so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I trained three hours a day, three days a week for 3 months for that test, and I passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's like, phew, now I can die! I nearly threw up when class started, but the adrenaline worked, 'cause when I'd only ever made it to 20 push-ups, I did 30 in one minute!!!!!!! Maybe that's not much to musle-heads, but to a 173-pound bookworm, it's plenty!
I also finished my writing assignment and I have my piano lesson all practiced. The house is clean (more or less) the yard is mowed, I'm clean from a shower (when was the last time I had one of those? *scratches head*) and I'm watching a cool martial arts movie. By the way, I'm working on making a CD of mix songs with the overall theme of "Life is good, you're cool, keep your chin up, life is short so live out loud!" The title is-- guess what?-- Life is Good. If you have any suggestions, please let me know! So far the list includes: “Through Heaven’s Eyes” from The Prince of Egypt “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter “The Eleventh Hour” by Jars of Clay “The Valley Song” by Jars of Clay “God Will Lift up Your Head” by Jars of Clay “100 Years” by Five for Fighting “Move Along” by The All-American Rejects “More than It Seems” by Kutless “I Melt with You” by Bowling for Soup “Closing Time” by Semisonic “Next 5 Minutes” by Steven Curtis Chapman “The Change” by Steven Curtis Chapman “Gone” by Switchfoot “The Night the Lights Went Out in NYC” by The Ataris “Step by Step” by Rich Mullins “High of 75” by Relient K “More Than Useless” by Relient K “A Little More” by Skillet “Days Go By” by Keith Urban “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” by Green Day “Photograph” by Nickelback “We Will Rock You” by Queen “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong “Hold On” by Good Charlotte “The Happy Song” by Delirious "More Than it Seems" by Kutless Is my imagination running away
Or is all this really happening to me
Am I a prince in a far away land filled with fantasy
Where is reality and what are the actions that will define who I am?
I am holding onto the visions I've seen of what I could be
It's what I should be
More than it seems these dreams inside (show me the way to these dreams)
Blur reality's line ('til there's nothing that's left of me)
If I could believe the dreams aside (show me the way to these dreams)
I am capable more than it seems
Passing through darkness into my own world
Will I be more than when I left (than when I left)
Never letting go of the lessons I learned
This will make a change
A change within me
This time I won't run away
I found the strength to face life's long days
This time I won't run away
'Til there's nothing left of me
Show me the way to these dreams your sister as always, *Robyn
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