a place to call my own / 7:21 pm

Today was my first full day back in Athens after only a week of break. It's been a dreary but alright day. I've been doing ARA work and organizing my room, listening to music, drinking coffee (and water!), and trying to relax before classes start in. The best part of the day was hearing Adam's voice again! It was perfect because I was thinking of his voice and how it sounds when the phone rang. This is it... the start of the quarter without him and, as I've already said, it is going to be difficult from the standpoint of sadness but I have no doubt of our strength. Time and distance doesn't weaken our feelings. Below is a new song I wrote for Adam before he left for Ecuador. I have no title for it yet.

Darlin', how could I be without you?

How could I see without you?

I could not go very far

When you look at me, I know I'm shinin'

the brightest I've ever dared to shine

in all of my life

And any space between us

is really no space at all

I've found a place to call my own

My home is in your arms

My home is in your arms

Stillness, the sun rising as you are sleeping

I match your breathing as you dream,

our heartbeats so fragile yet strong

I want to tell you something there aren't words for

No song or story or picture

could explain... oh no

And any space between us

is really no space at all

I've found a place to call my own

My home is in your arms

my home is in your arms

my home is in your arms.

Now I will post a few photos I took of Penny and I together. She is the queen of my heart, even though she does have some speech and language issues, and is too self-righteous at times. We went on many nice walks while I was home.

Penny is a true beauty. What a covergirl!

Dog kisses.

Penny vs. Caitlin stare-off or true love?

True love! BFF 4EVA.

To switch subjects... a little while ago I saw a little jumping spider in my room. I almost killed it but decided not to and I let it go out my window. A second later, I saw the tiniest little peach spider dangling on her thread and decided to let her stay in my room. She was barely visible and I'm surprised I saw her at all.  It felt good not to smash them... I never used to smash them when I was younger and I'd like to follow that rule more often.

Well, I'm going to do some work on a bulletin board now or maybe take a short run before it gets too dark (I just ate a whole small pizza and I feel a little bit lousy). I am going to post more later.