Morning Kitchen Floor

Christmas is over. I had a good Christmas this year. I got a new bike helmet from Santa. It's gorgeous. I also got new bike pedals from Santa. They match my bike. The ones on my bike now are icky and old and gross. These are cool. They're Look pedals. I can't wait to get back out on my bike. I miss it so much :( I think I'll start riding in February as long as the temperature stays above 40 degrees. I can tolerate weather above 40. If it's below 40 I'd rather just stay indoors. Actually, i just checked and it's 42 right now. Maybe I'll start riding sooner. We'll see. I'm not waiting until April to ride though.

I got a ton of books for Christmas that I need to read now. I am currently working on Brother Odd by Dean Koontz, but I didn't get that one for Christmas this year. My next book to read will be Lolita I think. Then Red Dragon, then maybe a Joyce Carol Oates book. Ahhh so many books to read! So little time. Next semester is approaching quickly, and I will not be able to read for fun until the summer :(

Jonathan also got me a gorgeous, gorgeous necklace. It's so beautiful. I want to wear it all the time, but it's so delicate and fragile I am afraid I will break it!

After speaking with someone about how I should start publishing my poetry, I received an email from the English department asking for poetry submissions from English majors for a new literary magazine the English department will be publishing at the end of the spring semester, called The Independent Scribe. I am going to submit a couple of poems, I think. Perhaps even one in Latin. I have one poem in a rough draft-type format that I want to finish. Maybe that one will be sent off for publication. It's called Morning Kitchen Floor. It needs a lot of work, but it has a lot of potential. Sigh.

Is there anything else happening in my life? I'm working at Papa Gino's again over Christmas break. My first shift back was on Wednesday. It was really weird. It reminded me of the summer when I was riding every day, then going to work, or riding one day, and working all day the next, trying to make myself no so scatterbrained. Also, my work pants are small for me! Over the summer, when I was riding my bike almost daily, my pants were big. Now that I have my winter blubber, they are too small! So I am therefore working out every day now. Speaking of which, I need to go workout in about 1o minutes.