Wooo Hooooo!

I did it! I finished Jane Eyre this morning in bed! Wednesday, October 19, 2012 I finished it! Ok, I'll stop tooting my own horn. Beep beep, beep beeeeep! It was a sweet ending, as sweet as it can be. It was as sad as a dead puppy at times, but at the end it showed beauty. Just when you thought that this book was going to end in tragedy, it ended in beauty. It was a wonderful book.

Jane Eyre is an amazing women. She was headstrong, had fortitude, and persevered through tragedies. Her life was filled with sadness and hardship but also the beauty of God shown through her. She never hated the people who mistreated or deceived her. Her whole life she just wanted someone to truly love her. At the end, it finally comes true and even grumpy, creepy Rochester is changed by her love for him. Jane Eyre, the book, has many good examples of "man verses self" a literary devise I am learning about in school. Mr. Rochester, St John, Mrs. Reed, all seem to be fighting themselves. Jane herself, seems to be an example of "man verses world" because she's fighting with the world that she can't control, trying to make things better for everyone else and to find someone who will love her.

The book Jane Eyre was great. I recommend this book for older readers not only because it is hard, but also because of some of the things that happened. For those who have read the book a long time ago, I encourage you to read it again. You won't be sorry.

Just as Charlotte Bronte ends the book, Jane Eyre...

"Amen, even so, come Lord Jesus."
Grace

SLO Running and slow reading

Yes, yes, I am sorry I have taken too long to write again. I am busy. Here are the things I am doing: homeschooling, fencing, reading, eating, sleeping, churching, running, beaching, singing, friendsing, and buncoing. I know, I am breaking the rules of grammar. Don't worry, I am not crazy (I don't think I am anyway, but it sounds so much more cool to keep all of the ings). So, please forgive me.

Besides fencing, I have been running. On the same day even! It's not just running by myself. I am running with a few middle schoolers and high schoolers at SLOCA. We are getting a team ready so that hopefully next year, we will be able to compete. Our runs are 2 miles that take us through Cal Poly, SLO. It is exciting running through the college because there is lots to see. I don't really think about college very much except for culinary school, so it is interesting being there. My dad is the coach and he is a very good one. Weirdly enough, I am not the last/slowest runner, unless I get a cramp. THEY HURT! It's embarrassing in front of college students to be as slow as a turtle, so my goal is to be in the middle of the pack.

I am 100 pages from finishing Jane Eyre. For those who know Jane Eyre, as a friend, I am at the part where she is a school teacher for St. Johns School. I have passed some of the scariest and saddest parts of the book. I wish she could have married Mr. Rochester---ooops I am giving away too much! It's sad but true. Ok, I have a friend who is reading Jane Eyre too and she needs to get a move on. We are planning to watch the movie together with our moms when we are finished, but she is a slow poke. (She isn't even from SLO!) So this is my nice way of saying to my friend, "Move it!". I am prepared to use force or violence as Mr. Rochester would say. In the book he says to Jane, "Listen to me or I will try violence!" Mr. Rochester is creepy and weird, and I will try to not follow in his footsteps. I highly doubt I will, but dear friend "read on, read on!"

This Wednesday is my Grandma Gogo's birthday and I want to wish her a happy birthday- blog style. SO..."HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA GOGO! Thank you Grandma for being there when I need you, celebrating with me all of the good things that happen, praying for me, and for making delicious ribs. Three cheers for Grandma! GO!GO!GO! (Make sure Grandpa Gogo makes you a cake! Probably on the barbeque since that's what he knows how to use.)

A Bientot (See you soon),
Gigi