A New Horizon

I find myself looking forward to next Monday with a mixture of excitement and nervousness. As I stand at the edge of the unknown, I find myself wanting to stay within sight of familiar territory, and yet I also am longing for the excitement of exploring the new horizon, the thrill of discovery, the adventure of the unknown.

What is this grand adventure of which you speak, you may ask. Well, I'll tell you. Next Monday, January 9, 2012, I begin Collage. I have been homeschooled my whole life, and so not only will this be a new horizon to me, but a whole new world1

Will I be able to fit in, or will all of the big city folks sneer and snicker at this quiet country girl? Will I make the grade? Will I make a friend? I hope so. What if I get lost? What if I don't understand the Math or Sciences they teach? But what if I do? There are so many unanswered questions, but I guess that is the adventure of the unknown. You get to find, and make, the answers to these questions, step by step.

And so I look forward to the next few months and years with anticipation. What will the future hold?

Sierra

Dream

You have to title the post with the first word you pick out in the crossword puzzle! Pass it on!

So, since I had to name my post dream, I thought I would give a few definitions for the word Dream.

1. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night".[Wordnet]
2. Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality".[Wordnet]
3. A cherished desire.[Wordnet]
4. A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe".[Wordnet]
5. A state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream".[Wordnet]
6. Someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream".[Wordnet]
7. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.[Websters]
8. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.[Websters].

Us authors are the best of dreamers! When we write, we get to live our dreams. Your characters are, and get to experience all of your wildest dreams. Isn't it wonderful!!!