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The basement is still a mess but we're almost done! Today Mum and I bought carpeting, a television, stereo and VCR/DVD (because she felt like splurging...I told her we only needed a VCR). Now all we need to do is clean the lights, reorganize everything, set the electronics up and we are set. Decorations will come in later. I want one wall to be covered in posters, preferably movie posters. I got a free 'King Arthur' poster a while back and am considering putting that one up first. While this isn't the best movie ever I loff Ioan and he is on the poster. I need some more posters to put up but that will come in time... I'm so close to having a place for people to hang out in yet still so far. It has to be done by next weekend.

Tomorrow school begins. I don't have class first period. Or fifth for that matter. That's rather nice. Waking up early- not so nice.

Adri

ETA: I have realized that the last statement I made was made yesterday, as well. I'm being repetative...oh well. Blame whomever you like for that (a person who is not me).

End of the Summer

End of the Summer by Dar Williams

The summer ends and we wonder where we are
And there you go, my friends, with your boxes in your car
And you both look so young
And last night was hard, you said
You packed up every room
And then you cried and went to bed
But today you closed the door and said
"We have to get a move on.
It's just that time of year when we push ourselves ahead,
We push ourselves ahead."

And it was cloudy in the morning
And it rained as you drove away
And the same things looked different
It's the end of the summer
It's the end of the summer,
When you move to another place

And I feel like the neighbor's girl who will never be the same
She walked alone all spring,
She had a boyfriend when the summer came
And he gave her flowers in a lightning storm
They disappeared at night in green fields of silver corn
And sometime in July she just forgot that he was leaving
So when the fields were dying, she held on to his sleeves
She held on to his sleeves

And she doesn't want to let go
'Cause she won't know what she's up against
The classrooms and the smart girls
It's the end of the summer
It's the end of the summer
When you hang your flowers up to dry

And I had a dream it blows the autumn through my head
It felt like the first day of school
But I was going to the moon instead
And I walked down the hall
With the notebooks they got for me
My dad led me through the house
My mom drank instant coffee
And I knew that I would crash
But I didn't want to tell them
There are just some moments when your family makes sense
They just make sense

So I raised up my arms and my mother put the sweater on
We walked out on the dark and frozen grass
The end of the summer
It's the end of the summer
When you send your children to the moon

The summer ends and we wonder who we are
And there you go, my friends, with your boxes in your car
And today I passed the high school, the river, the maple tree
I passed the farms that made it
Through the last days of the century
And I knew that I was going to learn again
Again, in this less hazy light
I saw the fields beyond the fields
The fields beyond the fields

And the colors are much brighter now
It's like they really want to tell the truth
We give our testimony to the end of the summer
It's the end of the summer,
You can spin the light to gold

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OMFG! The basement is beautiful!!! Mum and I got SOSOSOSO much done! As of now, the TV, VCR/DVD and stereo are all set up. We have used all three (well, tested). It's amazing!

Who wants to come over tomorrow to see???

*shares excitement*

Adri