At last, my finals are over, papers turned in, and now I can settle in for some nice warm family time. Its been a whirlwind over the past few weeks trying to stay sane while writing, studying, de-lousing, baking, and everything else that comes at the end of the year. I’ve been done with classes for about a week now, and I’ve spent every moment catching up with holiday preparations. Its been nice to focus on other things for a while, but I’ve had a hard time changing my routine. I still stay up late- I just can’t quite make myself go to bed early. And its been a little stressful getting all the presents bought, wrapped, and shipped (I actually haven’t shipped any yet- guess my family will have some presents to open after Christmas!) I spent today making out a grocery list and tomorrow will spend most of the day baking and cleaning. (In-laws are coming!)
But despite all the items on my to do list, I’ve had a lot of fun with the kids. My daughter had a ‘decorate the gingerbread house’ party in her kindergarten class, and the boys both have parties on Tuesday (can you believe theyre in school until the 23rd?).
And so, for now I’m taking a break from academia. But I don’t think it will be long. Before the end of the semester, I agreed to write an article, and my course load next semester is going to be really big, so I’m thinking I should try to get some reading done while I have some extra time.
Who am I kidding? Extra time? I still have to wrap presents, bake dozen more cookies and plan Christmas Eve dinner!
Maybe after Christmas….
Happy Holidays!!
