"I'm in a world apart,

a world where roses bloom."

I'm content. Maybe because it seems as if, right now, I have time. I don't like to be rushed. I like to saunter. I like listening to Louie Armstrong. I like to sit and think a bit, and then stretch out and read for a while, and simply smile for a moment. I like to be lazy. I don't think it is lazy, really. I think it is enjoyable. So maybe it isn't lazy, just thinking. Maybe.

I don't like this place you are in, I can state simply enough. Why is much more complex. I wish you would slow down a bit and join me right here, where I sway along the rose-surrounded path.

I just finished all of the government terms, and I'm about to start of the other half of the study guide. Then, cello, running, a shower, pre-calc, and SAT studying for an hour or so.

I like this plan.

I like plans. I like lists, I like schedules. But I like spontaneous occurences just as much. I like random bursts of song and surprises. I like random warm days when it has been cold and random cold days when it has been warm. I like happiness in the middle of sadness, and sometimes,sadness in the middle of happiness. I like long breaks when I've been busy and a random spurt of business when I've been on the couch for too long.

I like movies.
I like globes.
I like lamps.
And I really, really like flowers.

And I'm going to go now, to be in a happy place called my paradise, which others seem to think is just a green couch in the kitchen with a yellow blanket. But, no. It is much, much more.

I think I'll go read.
Maybe I won't run...