Christmas :D

So maybe I'm getting a little bit better at blogging (its been less than a week since my last post!)... We'll see. :D

Holidays were complicated this year.

My aunt and uncle have a weird holiday thing where one year they spend Thanksgiving with my aunt's family, and Christmas with us, and then the opposite the next year. This was their year to spend Christmas with my aunt's family. Mom thought that, since he would not be coming to Granny and Pa's for Christmas, that we could just all get together on Christmas Eve at our house, have dinner, open presents, etc. That was evidently too straightforward. :P He and his wife and daughter did come over on Christmas Eve and we all had lunch with Granny and Pa. His family and ours exchanged gifts. We opened our presents from Mom and Dad (we always do this on Christmas Eve). My half-sister and her husband came over and opened our presents to them (they don't buy Christmas presents, something about keeping the focus of the Advent on Jesus). Then we packed up all of our stuff and went up to Granny and Pa's for Christmas. My aunt and uncle had Christmas at Granny and Pa's on the 27th. So we basically had three separate Christmases. Make sense? No.

But it worked. :D

I got the digital camera I wanted. Which rocks. That's big present #1. Big present #2 is a letter jacket whenever Marching Band orders them. So overall I'm pretty pleased.

My Christmas presents to myself were the recent purchases of four cds... (Folklore and Superstition-Black Stone Cherry, Pretty Odd-Panic! At The Disco, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist- the soundtrack, and Chicago- the Soundtrack) I love them all.

Oh and I should be practicing for All-Region Tryouts or working on my History Day script... I'm doing neither... Oh well. ;)

Happy Hectic Holidays...

Good news! Mom and I have been cleaning the house. and you can tell. :D We've put up a Christmas tree, wrapped all of the presents, and re-arranged furniture in the name of the Christmas season. ;)

Twerpsquad (siblings) is at Granny and Pa's until the 23rd, when Granny and Pa are coming down for Christmas Eve.

It looks like one of my very dearest friends will get to leave all of us here in Conway like he wants. His parents are being suspiciously un-uncooperative in this whole ordeal. He told me today that his mom has arranged a shadow date for him at ASMSA. Despite myself, I'm excited. I'll miss him, but this could be a great opportunity for him. :/ If he'll be happy there, I'm determined to be happy that he's going to be there.

Tehehee, one of my other friends is (or was before we got out of school for Christmas Break) irritated with me.... I sent her a bumper sticker that said, "You're not short, you're cute and compact!" Let it suffice to say that she wouldn't ordinarily describe herself as such... ;)

First semester is over!!! Semester exams and everything!!! :D My GPA is in tolerably good shape, so I'm content. I desperately need to work on History Day over the Christmas Holiday. My goal is to have at least the script finished before we go back to school. I would love to have the audio recorded, edited, and ready to plug into the computer. But that might not happen... I might have an interview though. Waiting on the email reply. One of my mom's former student's mom is in the Peace Corps, so I'm hoping we can arrange a time for me to interview her...!

Good gracious its late. I'm off to bed now... :D

Life is complicated.

I've identified yet another of my "quirks" courtesy of my anxiety. I am constantly afraid of becoming a "clingy" friend.

So instead I occasionally border on distant. Which upsets my friends. Joy.

Anyway... someday I hope to add a decently lengthy post before midnight... for now I will continue to post my sleep-deprived ramblings. :)