Harrowing Memories

I had such a good breakfast today! I ate grapefruit and some oatmeal with peanuts and raisins. Then OJ, of course. I actually can drink orange juice now. Not very long ago, it used to burn my stomach like crazy. Maybe it's just the brand. After being totally satiated, I went back to bed! Ha ha! Well, I didn't have to be on campus until two, but I had the two thousand words to write. And YAY, I slept well, AND I did write the two thousand words today as well. So it was a good day! It took me longer to write the two thousand words, today, but I did get it written. Good for me, right??? ;)

I met my good friends, Krista and Quint, and had a good discussion about life writing per Lazar's book. Looks like this is going to be a great class as always. I was well disciplined today, so I’m patting myself on the back. I did not eat any sweets today at all. It’s not like I have a sweet tooth, but it can be a challenge sometimes. I had a healthy lunch from Subway, and I think I will skip dinner. I need to shed some pounds. Not a whole lot, but I still need to. After class and lunch from Subway, I walked over to Milner and started writing my daily two thousand. I wrote 1400 and felt a little tired, so I walked to Watterson to catch the bus.

Back home, I started writing the missing six hundred immediately. That was a little hard as I was writing about a harrowing memory. It was a truly difficult time of my life, but I’m here now. Here and now is what I should focus on. There are greater powers to take care of me when I’m gone from here J

I responded to students’ emails and wrote my reading response to Lazar. I really enjoyed this book. One of the essays in this collection talks about the issue of affecting many people when we write about our lives. Miller address the idea of life writing never taking place as a solo event! I fully agree with that. To add to that we maybe harming, hurting, embarrassing many people without even knowing. Is there a way to avoid this? The stakes are high. I like life writing a lot! I really do.

It’s only 9.05 but maybe I will call it a day and go to bed. It’s way early, though, but tomorrow I will write another two thousand! Have a good night, good people. Yours truly is at peace.