SO busy!

[waypoint]

Sorry i haven't been on guys. Lots to deal with.

University exams start on the 14th.
Boyfriend's little brother's communion on th 11th.
Trying to sort out my danged car MOT and jazz.
Sorting out moving up to the boyfriend's for the summer
then there's finding a summer job up there to deal with.
On top of that, there's my student finance to sort out for next year.
and helping my mother with her new kitchin...
and digging a new pond for the koi now they're getting too big for the small one they're in.

and when i'm done with all that.... I still have to have a clear out of my stuff because my room's overflowing with things i neither need nor use.

So yeah.... will be back when i'm done with my slave-work

[Ruger]

haha pay no mind waypoint! I have been extreamly busy also. =] What with fair next month and cavalry workouts and training every other weekend and a school to visit and gie a civil war demo to atleast twice a month.

And yeah in the fair I have. Four photography projects. One woodworking (butcher blaock table). Vet Science, Scrapbooking, 3 horses, 3 rabbits, two pups, a cat, a foods, and im sure theres something else! lol!

So yeah, dont worry, I don't know about Sapphiresmoke but I am up to my head.

Oh I have a date tomarrow too. haha! I better remember that huh? Geesh. Time for me to catch some z's

night to all!

[sapphiresmoke]

I understand, Waypoint... We'll miss you, but real life comes first. Lol.

I've been busy, too... With soccer, mostly. It doesn't sound like much, but we practice for two hours every day, and then I have homework and such to deal with. Game days are even worse. We usually don't finish until at least half an hour after a practice would be done (and that's with home games - the away ones go far later). This weekend, I'm playing in a tournament with the Varsity. They pulled me up, along with four other JV girls, for the weekend.

And now my dad's bothering me to get off the computer and go to bed (ugh - can I ever get some peace), so I have to go. Good night!

[Ruger]

Oh sapphiresmoke, I was in track two years ago and I was busy before. I understand how time consuming sports can be. I am very happy you got pulled up thought! That's great!

Night. =]

[sapphiresmoke]

So, a girl at my school died last night. I didn't know her really well; it feels awkward trying to talk to people I know in RL about it, so I decided to let it all out here.

I talked to her a lot in middle school... Her name was Carrie. We got along pretty well, but were never really friends. We stopped talking when we got to high school because of a combination of having no classes together and both of us changing.

She was killed in a one-car crash. Apparently, she was with two of her friends. She was driving. The person in the passenger seat and she interacted somehow (this going off the article in the newspaper) and the car went into a ditch. It rolled, and she was ejected. The other two are in the hospital. I don't know how bad their injuries are.

I'm not sure exactly how I feel about it. I mean, I didn't know her well at all, so I'm not sad, exactly... It just makes me think. It's so easy to just die... It can happen to anyone... And for the rest of us, life just went on...

That's really all for now... I'm not in the mood to write anything else.

[Ruger]

Oh darling, I am so terribly sorry for that. It is horrible to lose someone wether it be a loved one, an ld friend, or even someonedown the way you didn't even know's last name. I'm here if you need to talk about it.

Once again, terribly and truly appolagetic for everythign that is going on up there.

I got a serise of calls last night. All bearing bad news. I did not lose anyone in a fatal accident however. I did, find out a very close guy frined is in a juvinile center looking at two years and $60,000 bond, $9,000 cash bond. 3 B Felonys are against him along with three D class. He is only 17. What did he do? He moved in with two other guys, (brothers actuaully one 18, one 21). They got him doing drugs and they planned many burglerys. In one they stole eleven guns and countless other things including jewlry, money, and t.v.s.

I thought about how horrible it was to lose a friend to such a horrible thing but now, yous have opend my eyes with this all, making me realize that it could have been worse. What would've happend to him if they hadn't gotten caught? He would still be doing drugs and be in ten tiems worse shape than he is now.

May I say once more, that I am here for you. you listened to me when I first came to TLC and I was going through a rocky end of a relationship.

Take care darling.

[sapphiresmoke]

I'm okay. It just made me think a lot, especially the first couple of days... Thanks a lot, though, Ruger.

This may sound like a bad thing to say, but... I'm kind of glad your friend got caught. Maybe he'll be able to straighten his life out now. I'll be praying for him, and I hope you'll be all right through this. If you need to talk, I'm here.


I just realized how ironic it is that we call The Literature Club "TLC." Well, maybe ironic isn't the word... Coincidental? I don't know. Anyway, it's pretty cool... TLC also stands for Tender Loving Care, at least around where I live. It's cool that we all look out for each other here. TLC it has truly become. It's nice to have a place where I can say anything and know that someone cares.

[sapphiresmoke]

Okay. Here's the deal...

My computer is broken. I don't know when it will be fixed, and until it is I'll have very little time online. I'm at the library right now, using one of their computers, but time is limited. I just have to hope my computer gets fixed soon... *sigh*

It's been an interesting time lately... Soccer is almost over. We played our last tournament today (and lost both games - ugh), and our last game is on Monday. When it's done, I'll have SO much more time on my hands. I won't know what to do with myself.

I might get a job at an ice cream shop near my house. The owner interviewed me, and he said there' s a good chance they'll hire me, so that's good... I need a job this summer.

My friend, Taylor, was really upset when I walked into school on Tuesday... I asked her what was wrong, and she started crying. I have NEVER seen her cry before. She told me that her best friend, who lives in New Zealand, just committed suicide. I had no idea what to say, so I just hugged her. She seems to be all right now. Obviously, she's still sad, but she's able to talk about other things and laugh and everything, so I think she's okay. Part of it is probably that she never got to see her friend, and we live in the U.S. and the friend lived in New Zealand. It seems to have been a week for death last week. Keep Taylor in your hearts, and prayers if you're religious, for me.

That's it for me, except that I've been writing again. For a while, I had pretty bad writers' block, but it's gone. I've been writing a short story called "Demonborn." You can expect to see it posted in the Short Stories section as soon as it's finished (assuming my computer is back by then).

Hope to talk to you soon!

[waypoint]

Take care Sapphy. My heart goes out to both you and your friend. Hope you get your computer problems fixed soon, it's so quiet without you!

[sapphiresmoke]

Lol. Good to know someone loves me. I like the nickname, by the way.

Taylor seems to be fine... As I said, she talks about other things and laughs and such. I think the distance actually helps in this case... She never saw her friend anyway, so losing her isn't quite so hard. I hope that doesn't sound callous or anything.

The computer is back, but not exactly fixed, if that makes sense at all. Lol. It's repaired, but we lost our entire hard drive... Including the revised version of my novel. It isn't anywhere else... So... Back to the beginning. Ugh. Talk about a setback. I'll get it done eventually, though. I can't even use the computer yet. We have to reinstall everything, including the virus protection for the internet, so it'll be a day or two before I get on regularly again. I'm using my brother's laptop right now. He's home from college for a couple of weeks before he goes to work. Never let it be said that there are not advantages to having older siblings.

I miss you both! I never thought I'd become one of those teens who can't live without the internet... But I'm there. Lol. Hopefully I'll be back soon!

[sapphiresmoke]

The computer is fixed... And I need advice on something.

I have to get rid of this boy. He's driving me CRAZY. We met in drivers' ed last summer. This was his first year at my school. He's a senior. I'm a junior. At first, he was a nice guy (okay, I guess he still is sort of...). We walked home from drivers' ed together... Then he started walking me to my door, and he hugged my good-bye a couple of times. When school started, as soon as he found out where my locker is, he NEVER LEFT ME ALONE! He was always waiting by the door when I came in, and he walked with me to my locker, then to my first class. That was okay... For a bit. Then it got annoying. Then he started closing my locker for me and picking up my books and such... AUGH! So I told him that I don't like him "that way" and he gave me a wounded puppy look and backed off for a bit... And now he's starting again! He was waiting when I came into school this morning, and he keeps catching me in the halls, no matter how hard I try to avoid him. When we have to go different directions, he touches my arm as he says goodbye. *shudder* He's a nice guy, I'm sure, but I have NO attraction to him! And now he's getting creepy about it... Clearly, telling him straight out that I do not like him doesn't work... How can I get rid of him?!

[sapphiresmoke]

Hmm... I seem to be talking to myself. Oh, well. I do that a lot, anyway.

So, no more boy trouble. School is over, and I never expect to see him again.

Sorry if I spell something wrong... Typing is a challenge right now... My left arm is in a cast. I tore the cartilage in my wrist when I fell during a soccer game (we won, though, lol). I'm in the cast for four weeks, then I get to switch to a sort of splint/brace. If the cartilage doesn't heal on its own, I have to get surgery. Ugh. It should heal,though, since it's in the cast. Anyway...

Typing really is hard right now (and a bit painful), so that's all for the moment. And I might not be posting much for the next four weeks.