Silly Babies...

Her face says it all...

they're dropping everywhere!

I love getting picture messages from Sissy letting me know what my adorable nieces and nephew are up too!

look who's sitting by herself!

snuggle bunny

Busiest week of the Semester

So its what most students refer too as h*** week. Because of my major I don't usually have final exams. Just nasty portfolios, presentations and large papers. Metaphor ended last week. So this week was spent perfecting my pictures for my presentation in Seminar Wednesday. Thursday I turned in my journal of write ups for Philosophy of lit and spent all afternoon analyzing poems for my poetry portfolio. Our class met in the Fireplace Lounge at WSU. I was pretty proud of my poem I read at the reading was my first poem that got full credit. When I got home I made up this Apple cinnamon cake for my fiesta in my Spanish class on Friday. I still need to write my final for philosophy, write a talk and study Spanish. I'll be done on Tuesday. 

textbooks...

Well we're getting to crunch time. My last final is on the 13 of December and then I'll have on semester left of my bachelors degree! This week was full of writing, editing, practicing and perfecting. when I got home Friday I realized I needed the extra shelf on my bookshelf for canned goods so my textbooks and notes magically ended up in bed with me.
  Unfortunately I didn't gain any knowledge last night sleeping with all my textbooks and actually was a bit flustered when I woke up and my legs were scrunched up. 2 more weeks then I get a much earned break.

Thankful for Support

It has been a very tiring, stressful and trying semester. I started Fall semester with a job and a pinched nerve.  My job due to a lack of funding had to let me go in the beginning of September. My school schedule was crazy and unless I found something on campus working was nearly impossible. So I concentrated on my classes and Physical Therapy for the pinched nerve in my back.
  School kept me busy and I knew as long as I watched my money and did my best I could make it on my financial aid. Everyone that knows me well knows that my cycle has never been real regular. In the tail end of September I started. I didn't think anything of it. I knew I couldn't take ibuprofen because the pain killer they'd proscribed for my nerve pain had given me an ulcer. My cramps are always painful but I figured two to three days of cramps was better then feeling like I constantly wanted to vomit. One small problem one week turned into over two months of steady bleeding.
 To make a long story short I went to the clinic on campus after three weeks to be told that birth control wasn't an option due to high blood pressure. So I was given a medication to bring down my BP and told to go to a Gynecologist. By the time I got in to see the doctor I'd been bleeding almost six weeks and was extremely anemic and lethargic. She put me on a medication to stop the bleeding which ended just shortly after the two month mark. Blood work was ordered to see if we could find a cause but it came back clean.
  My goal during the break is to figure out what is causing my BP to be high and to take care of it so I can feel like my normal self. needless to say do to all my medical expenses it made me struggle a bit to cover my last months rent before the new year. I made an appointment with my bishop and explained what had been going on this semester. He paid my rent for December and gave me a food order.
  As many people know the LDS church has a place called the Bishop's Store House to help those who need food. Having been a Relief Society President I've sat down with members and filled out the paperwork in order to get them food. I on the other hand have never been on the receiving end until now. As I went in with my order I was greeted by wonderful couple missionaries who helped me fill my order. I am thankful for a Bishop and Relief society president who love and support me. I know now I can make it through the rest of the semester knowing my rent is paid and I have food to eat. I truly am blessed.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

My roomie Hails brought back a tree and decorations to give our place a more of a Christmas feel. Looks great.

Nebula

Nebula

The room seems far away

as she sits in the chair, listening

to the lecture. Her eyes gloss over,

sweat beading on her face.

Damn the need for good grades.

The drowning of Einstein's Dreams, time, space,

worlds and chaos. What do you dream?

Nostalgic thoughts of warmth and sleep?

The throbbing of her temple, swirling

black holes, wormholes, and the cheesy PBS documentary 

on the big screen. Wouldn't you like to visit the future?

Fantasies of luscious galaxies of pure bliss.

With a flick the room is illuminated. 

Her shaky body delicate with its ghostly gleam.

Trying to anchor her psyche

round two will be avoided.

Feet flat as she lethargically presses forward. Syntax

to be eluded due to the cries from the dainty aqua quilt.

Slowly she treks down the hilly

campus. The saunter shuffle of her Toms

through the fall leaves. Trudging forward

into the vacant dungeon. Time, what is it? 

Slinking into the darkness she pulls the comforter

to her chin, slithering sleeplessly into chimera. 

-Shannon Beverley

Anathema of Kaida

Anathema of Kaida

Mid April already, and the wild plums

start to bloom outside her window.

Entranced by the lines longing for

words to jump from her head.

Becoming perpetuated on the fibers,

yet her mind houses a sleeping giant.

From the rise and fall of his nostrils

come befuddling words forming messages. 

In its home, a cave of grandeur,

foreboding catatonia for its presence. 

A chance to be intertwined, gaining

the courage to be affixed.

Yet the solitary creature cowers into the abyss. 

A fellow of habit, darkness it's desire,

a quest that will never be achieved. 

For this dragon flies solo!

Sweet blossoms lull her back to reality.

A sense of awe edges over her face,

the whole parchment is covered

every single line. 

-Shannon Beverley