Saturday, April 23, 2005

Senseless Blabbing

Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Twilight of the Idols
I have been doing bare bones journaling in the past few weeks because I was real busy. As I related to you about a month ago, a lot of  life changing events happened to me and my family. No need to be alarmed. They are positive changes. I got a new job and I gave my present job a thirty day notice so I was so busy trying to tie ends before I hand my job to the person who will replace me. I am flying to Virginia to train for my new job and will be there for two weeks. I have never left my children for an extended period of time so I am really scared.  Then we put our home in the market and it sold so quick my head was on a spin. We underestimated the real estate market in our city. We thought it will take a while to sell it so we decided to put it on the market thinking that it will sell around the time our new one is built. So I was dialing like crazy during my lunch breaks to line up movers and a place to stay. To top it all off, of all the times these changes could be happening,  they happened while hubby is on an extended business trip in Germany!  No, this is not a pity party. Since this is my journal, I could whine a bit, can't  I?  

I went to Poetry.Com and tried my hand on their Haiku section. I was intrigued by the pic so I wrote a haiku. Hope you enjoy it.

 

                    

gnarled, exposed and dry
waiting for the forest fire
to end misery

   

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Busy, busy!  YOu are an excellent Poet.  

Anonymous said...

Great ha ki lol never heard such a thing you teach me new things lol Trip for two weeks wow sounds exciting

Anonymous said...

Very nice.  Hope all the upheaval ends with you all on your feet!  Good luck with all the new beginnings!

Tammy

Anonymous said...

Wow what a whirlwind! I would be paralyzed by all that change in so short a period of time.

Anonymous said...

Love the haiku.  Hope you like your new job.  You sound busy...busy can be good!

Anonymous said...

The haiku is great!  Now, this is the second time today I have had to write this in a comment...
You are not whining!
I am the queen of whining, so I should know!  You do sound busy.  Maybe I will go take a nap on your behalf...JAE

Anonymous said...

A whirlwind, indeed! Good luck!
V

Anonymous said...

Wow, times sure are a'changing for you and your family.  Love the picture and the accompanying haiku.
Best,
Judith
http://journals.aol.com/jtuwliens/MirrorMirrorontheWall

Anonymous said...

O.K.... you are one busy girl!! Hang in there... you know it will all settle eventually, and all for the better! Loved the haiku...
http://journals.aol.com/astaryth/AdventuresofanEclecticMind

Anonymous said...

I just discovered your journal... very nice!  I like the pic and your haiku inspired by it, as well as your entry about J Addiction.  :-)  Congratulations on the new job and I hope all goes well.
http://journals.aol.com/upseted/Adventuresofthe2-FacedBaseball/

Anonymous said...

Life is totally unpredicable.

Anonymous said...

Great haiku, Dee. Best wishes in your dream job.

Anonymous said...

What a whirl wind you've been in.  No wonder there haven't been a lot of entries.  Can't wait to hear how your training trip/adventure turns out.  Enjoy it.  Don't worry so much that you can't find the fun in it.

Anonymous said...

WOW.....lots going on.....Nope doesnt sound like a whine at all, mor elike a strong woman, filtering the thoughts to focus....Good luck Dee!! and Congrats on the positive...wonderful to hear!!!
Jodi
http://journals.aol.com/jouell3935/Haveyoulostyourmind

Anonymous said...

Great haiku! definately fits the pic.

Anonymous said...

Wow- you have been busy busy busy! ~Sooz

Anonymous said...

love the ku!  hope things calm down for you soon, I was dizzy just reading it ;-)

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