Poetry Contest

I went and entered a poetry contest and only have a few days to come up with (write) something that I want to present in front of a live audience. I have performed in front of quite a few people in the past, but it has been a while. I don't have a whole lot of new poetry, just three or four short ones that are okay but not outstanding. We have a three minute limit so I should have no problem staying under that since most of the poetry that I write is only four lines long. I thought of presenting two poems that are related to each other. I wrote a longer poem about 17 years ago and I wrote another that is related to the first one just a few weeks ago. I would prefer to present something current so I had better get started. Actually. I have several poems started. I just can't seem to finish any of them. I wonder how a presentation of bits and pieces would go over? I started a poem about the onset of dementia. Maybe I could piece it all together and demonstrate the process. Sometimes I feel like I am losing my mind.

Speaking of losing things, I had three classes today and I brought a text to two of the three classes. I left behind both texts. Luckily, I am surrounded by people who are more aware of their surroundings than I am and got one returned right away. The other is in the department office waiting for me to pick it up. On the bright side, I had made sure that I had my jacket and my backpack when I left those classrooms. I just have to remember to put my books into my backpack before I leave.

Sunny Saturday

It's a lovely fall day here, too nice a day to have to write an exam on. Oh well, I was done in just over an hour so I did not have to be indoors away from natural light for very long. I saw a couple of students from my section and talked to one. It turns out that he and I have at least one thing in common. We are both renovating our older houses. I didn't see my classmate with the health problem, but I could have missed her in the crowd quite easily. Hope she is okay.

I ran a couple of errands on the way home and got here just after noon. I have the whole afternoon ahead of me and one small bathroom to tile. I may get the toilet back in as well. It just depends on how the tiling and trim installation goes. No school work today. I need a break anyway. At least that's my excuse for taking an afternoon off. I think that I'll treat myself to a couple of glasses of wine with supper tonight, play a little Mose Scarlett and veg out.

One of my friends is in the military and made the paper in a story about Remembrance Day. I was quite surprised to see her pictured in her uniform. She comes to school in civvies.

It made me feel guilty about not wearing my poppy today. I seem to have lost it in my travels. I can add that to my list of things that I have lost. I almost added another jacket as well, but I remembered it in time to go back and get it. I had my cellphone and calculator in the pocket, so I would have been able to add three items all at once.

It is a good thing that I have a good memory, or I would have no possessions left. I even managed to lose my runners once, but that's another story.