To some it feels like the 11th hour, I'm sure, or the beginning of the end. I will have to work at not wishing this month away, as for each day of it that passes I am one day closer to being back at home. So, every time I look at this post I'll be reminded to appreciate each day as it comes ...
This past weekend was quite lovely, entailing of: staying at a motel on the ocean, being the MVP of a couple of the hockey games I played in, and coming across a book sale in the mall adjoining the arena. It was a bit harder coming back to all the school work I have for this week (I actually managed to get a bit done while at the tournament), but I'm slogging through. Last night was the least Hallowe'eny I've ever felt on October, but then I don't ever remember working or playing tennis on Hallowe'en before. And what is with all of the fireworks?!? It's a weird West coast of Canada thing to set off fireworks over the weekend before Halowe'en, and the actual night, apparently. People don't even seem to know why they do it, mostly just because the fireworks are available to buy, so I've been told.
Anyway, hope everyone reading this is able to enjoy the continued changing of the season, and anticipate the approaching winter with at least a bit of excitement ...
Below is a poem I wrote for a friend who abhorred November, in an attempt to help her see the warmer side of the month:
Unconditional Love
Smile back at me
Crisp wind
For I know your chill
Is not personal
And thus am I pleased
Fall down on me
Rain of this grey sky
For I know you will soon
Be strikingly white
And thus am I pleased
Curl and dance higher
Smoke of the fires cheery
For I know that inside
Someone is being warmed
And thus am I pleased
Bring forth all that you can muster
Oh sweet November
For naught can I be turned
From loving you
For what you are
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Thanks for that constructive criticism ;)
Want position were you playing in the hockey games? Were you actually the MVP or did you just decide you were the best one there that day? :)
Ha ha ha! I was playing goal for the tournament, and hence was in net for both games I got MVP for. I was voted as such by the players on the opposing team. :)
Cool? What kind of tourament? Rec, pickup, house league?
Women's league (yeah, I know what you're thinking); the competition varied from teams that weren't very good to teams who were quite strong. It was a lot of fun
I was actually talking to Luke when I said "yeah, I know what you're thinking", but if I would've been talking to you, Anne, I would've thought that's what you would be thinking ...
and tht is definitely not what I meant when I said "a lot of fun"
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