Stream of Thought

The Spirit Realm

I dreamed that I was photographing a copse of trees blanketed by snow around their bases.

As I zoomed into a ground junction of trunks, a plump and large, light brown hawk walked right into my focus.

It kept looking at me through the lens as I struggled to make the camera capture images.

But the camera had moved to some advance mode, and I kept trying, scrambling backward, as the hawk began advancing.

I called out to my youngest to help get the camera working properly, desperate to record this strange and wonderful phenomena.

Surprisingly, the hawk did not fly away, and kept approaching – then turned into some form of lean wolf as I scrambled backward into human town territory.

Grubby people in a Dark Ages setting had their varied wild dog breeds tied next to them at multiple outdoor eating benches.

The wolf let came up to me and let me harness its muzzle – then turned into a hound to blend and protect me.

Stream of Thought

Rejection

It hurts in whatever form, which takes energy to recover from and down time for nursing wounds – an expenditure that I cannot afford right now.

So we look for housing that has some odds in our favor, and do not apply to the others that would waste labor.

The same can be said for applying for opportunities. They need to have around them the sense of right timing.

Whether in work or love, I do not venture where it seems that I may not be wanted.

When I feel vulnerable, my heart is just too tender.

Stream of Thought

Treading Water

The course I have had on Incomplete is due in December.

No more extensions are possible, and if I do not complete it, it likely jeopardizes my ability to finish my Bachelor’s degree.

Rules, policies, “academic progress.”

Do they truly consider it a judgement against personal abilities if continued risk of, and then prolonged homelessness, creates an external circumstantial exacerbation preventing a student’s followthrough?

With the economy such as it currently is, it seems like there should be more flex to the “rules.”