Surrounded by Chains.

If life was like crocheting, I would pull the end of the string, creep back out of all the complicating loops, and re-start: this time making things perfect.

"My mustache' and I are happy together, thank you."

My first successful crocheted craft is a yellow bow that I wrapped around Brandon's watch. Early this evening, B informed me regretfully that the watch and his wrist didn't mesh well. When I consider the task of returning this online item, I lack a certain willingness. Regardless, seeing B with a shiny, new watch of my doing would delight my heart more than the call to straighten out the kinks would frustrate my nerves. The Adventures of Returning the Fossil Watch.

I always claimed to want adventure--then I realized adventurers blow up their arms, spend countless months solo and usually struggle with more pain than pleasure. Does the accomplish outweigh the nervous aching?
That all makes me nervous.

Nervous: adjective
1. highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
2. of or pertaining to the nerves: nervous tension.
3. affecting the nerves: nervous diseases.
4. suffering from, characterized by, or originating in disordered nerves.
5. characterized by or attended with acute uneasiness or apprehension: a nervous moment for us all.
6. having or containing nerves.
7. sinewy or strong.
8. Archaic . vigorous or spirited.

Sara Tucker invited me to attend a spontaneous road trip to Bossier City, LA. Adventure? I wondered. Nervous again. Should adventure be as dangerous as braving the casino-filled streets and husslers? The most spontaneous force of action I've ever taken consisted of dimes and doughnuts: not your typical risk-taker here. I'm 19, I should do these things and not mind the consequences of spending a wad of cash... but the matter of fixing the car does hinder my acceptance.

What would Amandalee DeCosta do? She'd pack up a sack and travel over the Mississippi River, eager to show her nerves a thing or two about control.
Well, if I get kidnapped and transformed into a five-star prostitute while I'm away in the 71111, I better be able to choose my own show name.
..until I recalled that when dad says no, you will stay home.

Owl Say, "May your parents be FOR you."
-Amandalee