christmas!

christmas time really is the best time of the year. everyone is just a little nicer and more pleasant, even when everthing around them is crazy and hectic. really spending time with the family is great. each year on christmas eve, we play this game where one person hides a pickle ornament on the tree and everyone else has to find it. whoever finds it with the fastest time wins the present. usually it's a game that we can all play together. this year it was a dice game called farkle. ha, i can't explain it so if you haven't heard of it and care that much go google it. so that was fun. then christmas morning, we got up and went to heather and matt's for breakfast. once we came home i planned on taking a nap- i had to wake up a little earlier than i would have liked- but i got distracted as usual and that nap never happened. so we opened presents, watched movies and started to make dinner. i've noticed that the older i get, the less it really feels like it should be christmas. maybe because the time goes by a lot quicker and it's hard to believe that a whole year really has gone by. maybe it's the fact that i expect to be cold and not have to turn the AC on in the car... ha, that could definitely have something to do with it. the weather is still pretty sick.. dark and drizzly and gross. hate it.
anyway... i've quickly adjusted back to the busy life- and when i say busy i just mean working.. cause work doesn't really keep me too busy. i actually had to work on christmas eve- who does that?? it was an even slower day than usual so they let us go at about 3:30. oh well. but i have a few days off and there's not really anybody around, so i'm bored! i finally got to spend time with sam yesterday. if you've ever gotten me to really open up to you, you know that there aren't many people in my life that i really talk to and tell everything to. mostly because most people aren't good listeners. most people have the instinct to relate a personal story and "trump" yours. i hate that. usually when i talk, i talk to vent, not to ask for advice. it's hard to find people that understand that. so anyway, she's one of those people that i really talk to- it was nice just to get caught up on each other's lives..
this week should be good times.. i'm going to charleston for new years eve. then that weekend is the ski trip! i'm excited about that.. not so much about the having to drive up by myself though... i'm not a fan of long drives alone.. but it will be worth it!

DONE!!

so the semester is over and done with.. finally. i didn't do as well as i would have liked- and it's all due to lack of trying! i will do much better from now on. i have to. i started my job this week. so far i haven't really done too much, but i think i will really like it there. this week has been crazy boring on account of my dear best frand not being here. but no worries, i will see her tonight!! EXCITED. i have plenty of energy stored up for it because i've gone to bed around 9:30 every night this week. pretty much out of boredom and plain exhaustion. even though i don't really do anything at work, actually having to get up and go places is a big change for me from just these past few months of unemployment haha. so christmas is less than a week away- yess!! and i still haven't really done any christmas shopping. heheh. i tried to do it on monday when i was with laura (which was completely great considering i haven't hung out with her in monnnnthhsss) but i guess i got distracted by sales and ended up being selfish and buying myself a few things. oopsy. but i guess i can go do that right now...

almost done..

so on tuesday andrea and i randomly decided to pick up and go to charleston. right in the middle of exam week. very responsible, i know. but it was a good time and a nice little stress reliever. i have two more exams- the hardest ones- one tomorrow and one on monday. i'm to the point where as long as i get a c in a&pII i'll be happy. seriously done with that mess. then i start my job, which i'm pretty excited about. i've been unemployed for the past 3-4 months-the first time since i was old enough to have a job. while it was nice to not have responsibilities, the no income part has been the worst. so i'm looking forward to fixing that...

december!!

writing the date on my notes this morning in biology was a little bit of a shock. december already, really?? crazy. so as suspected, option A is no longer an option. which is okay, things happen for a reason and luckily i already know why that didn't happen. i think i've finally figured out my plan for this next semester but i'm not going to specify what it is until everything is finalized. which will hopefully be very soon. but i feel really good about it and think that it is the best thing for me right now.
so, i'm very excited that the weeks of school are winding down- only 2 more days of class!- but i'm not so excited about the work load that that brings.. i have so much to do tomorrow, i don't even want to think about it. but at least i will feel like i accomplished something (hopefully). i'm never very positive when it comes down to finals time, but i have a friend who for some reason believes in me a lot more than i believe in myself. so it's nice when he calms me down saying, stop it, just study, you're going to do great. i've never thought of myself as one that needed that kind of encouragement and support, but i guess i do...
anyway, as a closing remark, i'm just going to say MAN UP. i think everybody can use that (you can take it literally or not), but there are specific people that i'm talking about. they should know who they are. and if not, well just assume i'm talking about you. life is too short to let yourself be stuck in a rut. say what you mean, mean what you say. say what you feel. feel what you say? ha. it doesn't quite work for that one, but you get the point...

"silly boy" the blue van