Haiku Two

Sleeping ok now

Still reach for the phone on the late night drives home.

Old habits always flicker with hope.

Still not in Hawaii

Soon, no longer in Iowa.

Hearts breaking. Hearts mending

Transitions. A messy concept.

I've been brave. Can I cry now?

She's being brave. She's definitely crying.

Touch down.

Touch back.

Still point, then

Back to the endless ocean

Heaven

Avocados.

Chocolate brownies.

God's gift to man.

Chirp didn't make it through the night. Sorry Chirp. I don't know what else I could have done. I'm glad we met. I loved your song.

Meet Chirp

Chirp fell from his rooftop nest on Friday. Kind of a scrawny little guy/girl (how do you tell?). I soaked some of Abby's food and mixed it with Gerber's Rice cereal. When he opens his throat and starts flinging his head around, I shove it in. He sleeps through the night and eats every hour or two all day long. Chirp is gonna have to go to work with me tomorrow. Abby offered to tend, but I said no. Abby is attentive enough, its just that when her big snout touches his beak, her breathe knocks Chirp over... and Abby's big, wild, misplaced paws are a bit dangerous. I've rescued hundreds of baby birds in my lifetime, never had one actually survive. I'm not quite sure what happens next....

Luck be a Lady

Sorry to be so obsessed with this PA thing, but its pretty much been the "giant monster shadow" in my life for the last 6 months. I really, really, really want this. Really. I finished the CASPA application (with a 4998 character narrative, thank you very much) and turned that in. Finished my chemistry lab class (this afternoon), and just completed the timed, on-line supplemental "tell us why we should choose you" application for U of U. Does close count? No.

I still have to finish the supplemental application for Anne Arundel in Maryland (multiple forms and verifications; no online, think-at-your-keyboard essays, thankfully) and take a microbiology lab in the fall. If (when) I get an interview with U of U, I have to take a physiology/anatomy test during the process, so I need to be studying for that. Gotta rock it.

Invitations for interviews won't come till the first of Fall. I've applied to University of Utah, University of California-Davis, Loma Linda University and Anne Arundel Community College. Only four. Not good odds, but the only odds I have. I only need one. Would someone blow on the dice please?

Oh pLEAse!

It's 1:30 am. The CASPA application is all but done. The narrative that I worked so hard to carefully craft to 6,000 characters, I now discover is suppose to be 5,000.

Playtime

Abby and I were out in a grassy field early this morning. On the other side of the fence was this horse. Abby and the horse were quite intrigued by each other and spent a few minutes touching noses and breathing on each other through the chain link. Then, Abby went into a play bow, the horse snorted and they were off... racing each other up and down the fence. I have never seen anything like it. It went on for the longest time until they both were sucking air. Then, after a few final moments of "nose to nose", the horse trotted off and Abby resumed sniffing and peeing. I wish I had gotten a better picture!