Oh How Sweet the sound......
Posted on Jan. 5, 2009 at 8:20 PM in My LifeOf a new post!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't it lovely?? :)
OK so first off let me update y'all on the wonderful life of Julia. Remember the strung-out-beyond-reality-high girl I rang up a purchase for at my work back in September? Remember Loretta N? The police never took my statement, never contacted me about anything. I figure it was over and she was in jail. Well to my surprise, it is not over. I was informed 3 weeks ago my MOD that day, Jacque, received a SUBPOENA to appear in court to testify against Loretta, well actually against Nicole, Loretta is the name of the ID she stole apparently. Anyway, I felt bad for Jacque and was kind of glad I didn't have to go. I figured the court just needed the manager at the time. About a week passed and again to my surprise I received a letter in the mail from the court. Then inside the envelope, was a bright green piece of paper, I opened it up and in big, black, bold letters it said 'SUBPOENA'. I just about burst out laughing. I got a subpoena?! Must be a mistake. Nope, no mistake. My name was right under the 'Must appear in court...' sigh............ So this Thursday, The 8th, I have to go to court and testify against her. SIGH! I will probably have to meet the prosecuting attorney and then have to sit on the stand and tell my side of the story. I will have to do the whole 'Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth....' stuff... Sigh........ I will have to do an updated after the trial to tell you how it goes down...... BIG SIGH!
Lately I have not been able to add to my four books I am attempting to write. I was able to work on them a lot last year though. I go through phases, I want to write, and I don't, and so forth. I would really like to finish these books because I want to send copies to my family. I have written a few short stories though. I was able to write a story for Toria's contest back in Nov-Dec '08 which made me win my division :) Here is that short story:
It's hot, humid, my hair is clining to my head, bugs are crawling on my arms and legs, in my shoes, I am crouched to the ground like a tiger about to pounce, I even take refuge behind bushes, can it get any worse? Possibly. But I see her, the one thing I have been looking for these past three months. Just through the small forest of savannah trees she sit's calmly on a rock. Her long tail swaying back and forth in the hot wind.
I cannot imagine getting any closer for she will hear me, and attack for her young cubs are near. Twins. They roll around in the savannah grass, one takes a bite out of the grass, the crinkling of disgust soon follows and the cub spits it out just as the other cub pounces on it's twin. I pull out my camera and snap a few photo's. I see another set of bushes a far off, I could hide behind and gets some better shots. But I can't stand up, and scare them off. I guess I will crawl over.
Mud squishes through my hands as I crawl through more bushes and more mud piles. Piles? Mud doesn't pile up, it lays flat. Right? I realized the mud I just crawled through stinks. Really bad. 'oh man.' I think. 'I knew it could get worse'. But it doesn't matter, I want that photo, I am craving for the photo. I would crawl through a thorn bush to get my photo. I probably should have thought of the thornbush for sitting in front of me is a thornush. Around it are more thorn bushes. 'Joy'. I bite my lip and crawl through a narrow opening in the bush, holding back either screams of pain or laughter of stupidity, I am not sure which. I want that photo.
I see a clearing and exit the horrid bush snagging a few branches to my shirt and hair, just to enter into a pile of leaves, that seem to have a weird three leaf to a stalk pattern. Interesting, I'll come back later to investigate the strange leaf's. I see the bush I was heading for, I get behind it and point my camera through the thick bush to the rock. I get ready to take that picture I craved for, when I noticed the rock is empty, nothing sits on or below it. She is gone, with her cubs also. Frustrated I jump up and hit my head on a tree branch, knocking a snake out of the tree and onto my head. I quickly remove the snake, only to find it wasn't actually a snake, but a vine instead. Hah.
I start to walk back north toward my camp, so discouraged and sad I didn't get my photo. I am covered in "stinky mud", I have a few thorny branches attached to my clothing and long hair, there are probably bugs in my shoes and elsewhere. All that, and I didn't get my shot. As I am walking I spot something over a ridge, I can't make out the figure but I know it's an animal. I move closer to see her once again sitting on a rock near the river, her and her cubs. The cubs drink from the river as she watches her surrounding's intently. The wind is blowing again giving her a beautiful calm look. Here's my chance. I pull out my camera, aim, and click! I got my shot! I got the shot of rare King Cheetah. She is looking at me, not moving, just staring. It's almost as if she is saying 'Happy now?'. I nod and smile. Her and her cubs walk away from the river and head off into the horizon. I thank her as she moves off. I thank her.
So that’s one story I have written. I am working on another and I was going to post it but since this post turned out so long I decided to spare you J.
-Julia
I have 4 blossoms! Thank you!
Jan. 6, 2009 THE STORY
Posted by Anonymous
Hi Baby Girl, I love your story. You did a great job and I'm very proud of you.
Keep writiing Honey. You have a way with words and I'm very impressed.
Love you much
Gramma Lollie
Jan. 6, 2009 Untitled Comment
Posted by croctoria
YOU"RE BAAAAACK!!!
Whooohooo!!
Aw, poor girlypie....try to enjoy court. lol
Hey I didn't know you wrote books!!! I wanna read 'em!!! I loooooove writing books, I actually posted about writing three posts ago. lol
You should send me a chapter of your books and I'll send you a chapter! lol
I know how it is, though, it's like "Ohhhh I wanna write....but I don't wanna." ^_^ It happens to me allll the time!
Love you lots, girlypie!! Sooo glad you posted....now you just gotta post the pictures you told me about. lol jk no pressure!
Lotsa love, mate!
Toria
Jan. 7, 2009 Untitled Comment
Posted by Princessleia12
Sounds like you have the quiet busy life..lol.. I hope everything works out ok ;)
Sorry I haven't been on your blog in a while.. im trying to catch up on all my blog friends because I just changed my HSB account ... here is the new link
www.homeschoolblogger.com/SamanthasPhotography
Feb. 4, 2009 Untitled Comment
Posted by musiclover....I'm not logged in though
wow....I can't believe you went through all of that with Nicole!!! i hope the trial goes well!
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