Los sujetos de mi alma

Hey:I'm really lagging behind and i have SO much to write...so i will warn you that within the next few days there will hopefully be a LOT on here for you all to read :-) My reasonings for being behind include that Friday i went out with a new friend all afternoon, then to a fabulous/interesting theater production in a town on the outskirts of Pamplona in the night,
Sat i went to the pueblo Olite all day and absolutely loved it :) ( i will tell you all about this),
And then in the evening celebrated my birthday !It was the best celebration i've ever had and i can't wait to tell you about thattoo! Today i spent the afternoon with my best friend Marion in el parque taconera where we just enjoyed the sun (not the wind..it's gotten cold brrrr) and talked, walked, and then took a coffee at Cafe Iruna. It was wonderful. Tonight i then finished by going to mass, and spending the evening with Maribel and their family. It was so very nice. I will leave you with this poem i just finished writing for my literature class. It is due tomorrow, and i still need to write it out fresh on a new page (by hand), but i will translate it to English my best i can and let you dwell on this thought. or i should say thoughtS.
All my love, and until tomorrow
Lauren
"The Subjects of my Soul"
The subjects of my soul cannot be limited to one thing or idea
but rather a grand aura of ideas, of passions, of desires, and aspirations.
The subjests of my soul i'm not able to describe in one phrase or in two or three,
but rather in metafors, through grand visions
However, even these don't do justice to explain these subjects like they really are, and to explain how they really feel within my soul.
One subject of my soul is like an immense view of the ocean
my immagination moves with the waves
It moves with tenacity; never stopping..only and always moving forward.
My goals have no limits, like the horizon on the ocean
They are grand; they are difficult; they are beautiful; they scare me.
These goals will become my reality
however right now they are uncertainties.
One subject of my soul is to dream.

One subject of my soul is like a huge tree with it's thousands of leaves.
At times these leaves green and vibrant
other times brown and dry
Each and every one a special part of me.
There are moments in which varias leaves fall: they die
These moments are sad; cold;
a change occurs that I don't like; that i struggle with
I don't forget these leaves
My soul crys, my heart has pain
because i have lost a part of me, regardless of whether it was good or bad.
I know that a new season is already on it's way
but when?
How long must i wait?

One subject of my soul es patience; with friends, with family, with everyone in the world.
It's to love and to be loved
It's to find the 'One'.

One subject of my soul is like an enormous montain
My desires are at the top,
and always i am looking up; at how I will climb that beastly, sometimes ugly,
thing.
But,
What happens when I reach the top?
Am I able to cry because my endeavor is over?
Should i smile and laugh because i've conquered it?
Should i look forward, or should i look back? And how long can i spend doing this?
One subject of my soul is the exploration:
a trip
a study
a discovery
One subject of my soul is the 'unmasking' of life

With each day that passes, my soul gains new pieces of me
through people
through experiences
through places
With each year, my soul loses pieces of me
good pieces of me, and bad.

However, the subjects of my soul withstand it all.
The subjects of my soul are of dreams
they are of love
they are of the trip of life
they are of my discoveries,
my lessons
my failures.

No one can take these subjects of my soul
and for this,
I will always have
my individuality
and my identity.