Wow! I am so glad that the fall semester is almost over. I am praying for passing grades so that these past months weren't a waste of time. This break is going to feel real good on the brain! Lately, I have been stressed about trying to get things situated and organized for finals and then I realized that I will never have my shit together. Well actually, I hope that someday I do. To add to my stress, Christmas is in two weeks and I haven't gotten any presents yet. I get the feeling that lying around the whole week after finals is going to be the greatest. Oh wait, I still have to go to work, bummer! Work wouldn't be all that bad if every child was an angel. When does that happen. The other day I had a child literally punching me in the stomach and laughing about it. I kept telling the child there was a baby in their, but he/she just laughed. Not the best day I have had at work. I really enjoy working there that was the only real upsetting thing that has happened in three months with children 6 weeks to 5 years old.

Thanks for the great semester Molly.
Have a good break.

Recently I have discovered Christopher Paolini to be a very interesting writer. I am not much into to mystical dragons, but the inheritance series has intrigued me. He reminds me a little of J.R. Tolkien in his creativity and word usage. Paolini wrote Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr and each chapter seems to draw me closer into his world. I was introduced to this series by my mother, which is very unusual. She is not the type who would read about dragons. I was saddened to see the movie was horrible and nothing incomparison to the book.

The Holidays

Thanksgiving has been a favorite holiday of mine since I started celebrating the holidays. I like getting together with family and knowing that our being together will bring me joy. There was no sudden change for me this turkey day because we happened to have in Frenchtown at my Aunt Kathy's. It wasn't a long drive and dinner was very relaxed. I was mostly sad because most of the younger generation had been in attendance for this holiday. I realize we are getting older and starting our own families and trends, but it is still nice to have everyone there. My family get togethers usually include: the feast, visiting, game time (pictionary), and then the second dinner. Although this year we only had the first feast and visiting, how lame. No, not really, but the game time really defines my family and somehow we have managed to drift away from our tradition. I always knew at some point in time this would happen, but I wasn't quite ready for it. The good part about this is my immediate family has gotten so much closer and that is a blessing.