Dear Shirley, Earth Angel:

Well, the power is down and will be down for about a whole week to come! But the internet is on. About seventy homes in my area don’t have power and as I walked to day (invigorating, to walk in the light- for now- storm), I heard generators everywhere. We have a generator too and it works sometimes, like right now. So the bad news: power is out, the good news: internet is on, for now and with a generator operating part of the day (not at night as it is noisy), it is possible for me to be on the computer.

I like reading that you manage your time well, excellent skill. It is very important to be your own manager, manage your time and resources most effectively. Also organized note taking, using colors, is a good skill to have. Keep improving your time and resource management and note taking skills. Good to read you write poetry more spontaneously (the poem making fun of the inner bully is fun and most spontaneous, I am still impressed!)

Regarding your lyric interpretation for the song by Gin Blossoms – Follow You Down, interesting, well thought of and felt. As I read your interpretations I kept thinking of your special friend as maybe, somewhat, the guy in the song. I was wondering. You mentioned the names of many of your friends and peers in school but never did you write the name of your special friend. And feel free to not share his name. But the fact that you didn’t write his name here means to me that indeed he is different, for you, than any other person in your life. All I know about his looks is that he has blue eyes, you wrote that once.

Well, time to turn off the generator. I intend to come back to the computer tomorrow morning when the generator is turned back on. Hope the internet will still be on tomorrow and that the generator will work.

anita