5:42 p.m. sitting here listening to Aerosmith "Dream On"......the guitar sounds so haunting...this song is creepy...
it's been a boring week as always...i'm just trying to survive until then end of may...then if i can make it through exams then that will be super...and i mean SUPER! lol....
yesterday, i got an accepatance letter from Notre Dame for that African American Catholic Youth Leadership Conference...Cynthia told me about it in april and i rushed ms. hughes before spring break to write me a tight azz recommendation...(she loves me sooooooo much!)....i really didn't think i got into it, because they said they would notify accepted students around mid-may....and well, mid-may came and went, and i accepted the fact that i wasn't good enough to get into the program...i mean, it's highly selective, first of all.....only forty students get accepted out of hundreds of applicants....so of course i feel really special...this year overall has been one big piece of fluffy chocolate cake...i haven't faced rejection...no one and i mean no one has turned me down...everything i've wanted i've gotten...i really feel spoiled, because i know in real life, things aren't going to run this smoothly....
i've had alot of time lately to ponder about my future, but nevermind cuz i do that all the time....i always say that i will not have children, but i have so much love to give, that i know one day my maternal instinct will kick in...the only question is "who will i have my children with?".....the hot topic in religion the past few days has been sexual morality and the question about "openess to new life" in regards to birth control, artificial insemination, and non-marital sex (including homosexual sex)....the catholic church teaches the a homosexual orientation is moral; however, the sexual activity is immoral because non-marital sex is not allowed....and the church does not recognize the union between two people of the same sex.....even though two people of the same sex are capable of feeling the same bond, having the same love, and wanting the same lifetime commitment....sigh....
so along the lines of children, i don't know what to do...if i marry a man, then of course, there will be no problem right? lol....but if i commit myself to a woman, then what are we to do? do we adopt? do we try to get pregnant artificially? sigh....decisions decisions....i know one thing, when i have my children, they will never have to want for anything....they will be well taken care of...not spoiled, but taken care of...there is a difference....i can't wait to instill in my children the values and ideals that my father instilled in me at an early age, and for which i will be eternally greatful....i can't wait to tell them about their rich culture and ancestry, and let them know that they are american, yes, but they are a true "african" american....i my daughters and sons to be proud of themselves, and know that with hard work and determination in this country, nothing can impede them....
why am i getting all preachy? lol.....seriously, i was looking at krystin's school on the internet...roland park country school....damn....i feel poor by only looking at the website lol....i cant wait to send my children to the BEST schools that money can buy...truthfully, that's one of the best things that my father has done for me...of course, realistically, my father couldn't afford to send me to Georgetown Visitation, or Sidwell Friends, or National Cathedral Girl's School....but he's busting his ass sending me to a good solid school where i'm thriving....alot of people question my decision to opt for a catholic school instead of a public one.....but i know myself...i know the type of environment in which i'm comfortable....i know what i'm dedicated to first and foremost and that is my education...nothing else really matters right now, because i'm so intent on gaining the fundamental skills and abilities which will take me into the future...not only have i grown intellectually during my time at seton, but i've also grown spiritually and as an all around person....i've become an active leader....i've made a name for myself, and gained the respect of not only my peers but also my teachers......and that feels good....going to that school has opened up so many different opportunites that i don't know how to handle it all at times...sigh.....i'm just grateful and i know that one day i will repay my father....
as for my mother...well that's a different story....when i become a parent, i hope that i will be nothing like her...not to say that she's the worst parent in the world...i know she loves all three of us, but her personality is remote and very weird....and regretfully, i see alot of myself in her...we're both stubborn and don't like to take advice....i hate to say it, but that's been her downfall....being headstrong is fine, but there comes a time when u have to step back and let others lead the way....let yourself or the right people lead you in the right direction....i'm not going to say that i regret her getting pregnant and having my brother because i love my youngest brother to death...but things would have been much different if he wasn't here...but i wont go there....sigh....my mother had a near death experience immediately after having him.....she was in the hospital for months...and that was the worst time of my life.....the absolute worst time of my life......thinking about it brings me to tears...to see such a strong woman in a hospital bed...unable to move, unable to speak....that rocked me and i thought nothing at all could shake me.....
her illness was to me, a big wake up call as to my own mortality....i got the message from God, that He is ultimately in control....it put alot of things back into perspective....but i don't think it did for her.....because she's still the same old person, if not worse...she doesn't listen....it didn't get her anywhere then, why would it matter now? sigh.....i do so many good things for my school and my community....and yet it's thankless....i could be causing her STRESS galore....i could be a whore, running the streets, not doing well in school.......i don't think she understands how blessed she is to have me....and yet she doesn't reach out to me....she literally told me in these exact words "i don't care"....well damn....then why should i? why should i? sigh....u don't say those things, because seriously, it's made me look at her in an entirely new light....if i didn't have my father, i cant really say that i'd be going to seton....i can't say that i'd have anyone to come to my mock trial matches....or anyone to come see me perform in gospel and concert choir.....no one would care....
u always should have hope for the future...generally i'm a pessimistic person and i'm overly cynical...i don't trust anyone....but i have hope that one day my mother will come to her senses and realize all of her blessings....they say "count your blessings" and i don't think she's done that yet, so she can't fully appreciate them...or maybe she values the wrong things....sigh
sigh, i'm in one of those blah moods....i can't really wait to see krystin..........I JUST CAN'T WAIT! lol....even though getting to Baltimore is a "get get mission" lol, i'm more than willing to hop on that MARC train for just a little time with her....wink wink lol.....i don't think it's gonna be the sixth though because i have that AP dinner...definitely the week after i'm available...then the week after that, i start working at school....
i'm wondering about me and megan....we talk everynight....like it was when we were together....i don't feel wrong, or ashamed, or weird....i'm actually happy that we can be civil without emotions coming in....i can't deal with those....do i miss her? yes, but is this for the best? yes..."if you love something let it go...."....de'vonne is under the impression that i never loved her....it shouldn't be past tense because i LOVE her right now....she's just her lol....i actually admire her because of her personal inner strength and resillience...i have that too, but she's shown such fortitude on such a broad level, because she's survived so many things....i care for her, but deep down inside, i don't believe she's the right person who can give me everything i need.....so for now, we'll talk every night like old times lol and go out to movies (like always) and before we get off the phone at night we'll say "i love you" because that's the nature of relationship....i like it this way....
as for now...i'm looking towards the future....(it looks promising, but jeanine says don't rush into anything)....i'm taking my time with krystin....nothing rushed....nothing at all....and i like going at this pace.....
i'm out
brown eyed bandit