Susan's Monster by Lisa

Monster in My Closet

Surprise!
… I reached out for the closet doorknob and instantly felt heat emanating from behind the closet door. When I finally built up the courage to open it I had to shield my eyes from the fiery blob that stood before me. At first I thought perhaps my closet was engulfed in flames, but as my vision cleared I saw the moon like orbs peering down at me. I stood there in disbelief that such a creature existed. Its entire body was the color of a roaring bonfire and its shape was that of a melting Jell-O mold. I saw no limbs of any kind. The sparks that danced about its head appeared to be like hair made from sparklers. As I continued my inspection I realized that my feet were becoming wet and sticky as the creature was slowly oozing towards me.
As my feet began to feel the warm wet liquid move up to my ankles I began to smell a familiar odor which quickly woke me from my frightening dream to see my nine month old Saint Bernard puppy squatting at the foot of my bed. All making me realize that when my parents said I would have to do everything for her I didn’t know they meant things like this!

Story for my Graduate class coming

Just wanted to let you know that the next post is a project for one of my graduate classes. You won't really understand it, but it will make sense (I hope) to us. Other than that, things have been going quite well for me this year. We only have 5 days left and I am looking forward to doing some fun things with my daughter and husband this summer. I am also hoping to have some free time to get into my classroom and work on some things to prepare for my class for next year. I have been told that it will be the most challenging group of students I probably have ever encountered, but with some careful planning (and maybe a lot of praying) I think I can get them where they need to be.