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Curtain rises and her heart beats, she glances into the blinding light. Flowing like flames from her feet, the fabric of her dress flows around her her wings unfold. Silence draws a line between the reality and the fantasy of the ballet She is unaware of those in the room with her, she is unaware of those in the room with her.

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Short answer, no. Ten years ago if someone asked me what would I be doing in ten years I would have said either still in college or doing my residence work @ a hospital. I didn't think that I would be "in school" but working full time, doing my service for the country. But then again, ten years ago we as a country were still in a lull of happiness and ignorance where we believed we were safe, and impossible to hurt. There was no "enemy" other than genocide and famine, which we didn't "label" as such because had we done so, the implications of such would cause us to take action. If we labeled it as genocide, we must take action, otherwise we wouldn't be America, but if its just internal or regional conflict, we need not get involved.

I didn't think I'd be married, didn't think I would be where I am, didn't think that this would be my life....sometimes I still don't believe it is, sometimes I imagine it as someone elses...........and I am just going through the motions for it for them.