twas the night

twas the night before graduation and all through the mag house

not a creature was stirring, not even the dead mouse*.

all my roomies have gone back home to their fams

martha and ned checked into the heart of auburn, cuddling in their 'jams

i'm still waiting to hear a grade from my multinational class

if i dont get a C i might kick some black ass.

i find myself in a pensive, nostalgic mood

leaving auburn tomorrow has given me quite the tude.

i never thought i would come to love this tiny town

but now i cannot think of it and frown.

it has given me collectively a host of great things

the least of which, a diploma and a song to sing.

the highest of these is a reason to celebrate,

to give praise to the King of kings, a song that will resonate.

blessings abounded on these plains this year

a heisman, a championship ring, and real reasons to cheer.

cam's smile melts my heart, i think it always will

when i spotted him in the haley center, i got quite the chill.

but my time, my friends, is drawing to an close

while i sit and ponder as the north wind blows.

what are the truths my Father has taught me here?

He only has his best for me and i should never fear.

His will, through me is always done

i am not to worry, squirm or run.

to quote the hymnal i must "trust and obey"

for to live, to love, and to grow, there is no other way.

*in the mag house kitchen behind a cooler that had been there AT MOST for two weeks, my mom and i found a dead rat. at first i thought it was a rat, then i was convinced it was a potato. then, flipping it over to reveal four feet and a white belly we called in ned. we poked and prodded it with a spoon (which has been disposed of). collectively, we came to the conclusion that it was fake. may dad had a ziplock in hand to save it and take to scare the ladies he works with until he squished it down a little with the spoon and RAT JUICE came out. real times on magnolia avenue.

nothing

my best friend, elise, and i have talked a lot about writing blogs for the last couple of years. since they came into vogue, we have been hooked and mutually wasted a lot of hours scanning various blogs (her favs are design and clothes, i love food and cooking). she recently suggested that we start where larry david and jerry seinfeld started. so here we go, blogs about (drumroll) nothing. my hope is that i'll get back into the swing of writing and a topic or an inspiration will come from my ravishingly interesting life.

as some background, i'm a senior at auburn university, but because of a semester i took off to work in colorado and some pretty lax semesters, i'm not graduating until december. i really don't know what i am going to do after i graduate (tentative plans are to go on an adventure, to serve and to improve my spanish abroad for a couple of months then apply to the Memphis Teachers Residency), but since the majority of my friends are graduating in may, future job talk is at peak high. it gives me a false sense of urgency that i don't absolutely have to experience for at least another couple of months. so, daily, i pray for a calm heart, to live fully in my life here in auburn, and to not be distracted by things i can't control.

as a post script, today i tried kumquats. it is like nature's gusher.