When It rains it pours

When it rains it pours... I have always loved that statement. THis week has trickled by. It has seemed so long and stretched out. The drizzle is delightful today because that hopefully means people will NOT want to come to shakes and annoy me. I am not in a mood to deal with customers. Plus I have about ten million things to do. 3 papers actually.
I hated my story that I wrote for class. It isn't my style so it was hard to write. I am trying to expand but I hate writing about real people kind of stuff. I like what is termed as genre fiction I guess. I like to write about fantasy fiction. Things that involve vampires, wizards, elves, warriors. That is the type of stuff i grew up reading because it helped me escape the dull reality that is our world. I could drift into a world with princes and wizards. Kindoms and fairies. I could watch, I could mentally be someone who held the dangerous powers of magic in my hands. But i feel restricted at Mizzou. I feel like it isn't acceptable to write that way. Even though some great authors have written about that stuff. My favorite being J. R Tolkien. Wow. Now there are some stories full of magic and literary merit. Did you know some of his characters are named after characters in Beowulf? Oh and he is the one who brough Beowulf to the attention of scholars and its importance. I idolize that man.
I want to go on the trip to Greece. Infact I am planning on it. I need to get another brochure.... Going to Greece has always been a dream of mine. Seriously I have always wanted to go and spend a year and just write. I do not think that I will support myself on my writing career but I do hope to publish one day. And for that matter to work/be a publisher. It works well for me. I want to have alibrary in my house and all my books. I want my kids to love and appreciate books like i do. The written word is so valuable to us. The dusty pages that hold secrets into another realm.
The hiding place for a young girl in the midst of all the turmoil and chaos in the world. I want my children to feel the way I do about books. Hopefully they will. I won't force it on them, but I do hope they find the pleasures from words to be part of their daily experience.
My boyfriend started reading more because of me. Just like I got into movies because of him. I think that someday we will have great kids... Hoepfully we last till then. Hopefully the world lasts...