IT'S DECEMBER!!

IT'S DECEMBER PEOPLE!! do you even know what that means? it's the beginning of advent calendars, ugly christmas sweaters, eating excessive amounts of chocolate and candy, and the super official countdown until my flight home and christmas! (that would be 13 days and 24 days, respectively.)

1. my ugly christmas sweater

this morning, i woke up and knew that it was absolutely necessary to wear my christmas sweater from d.i. i have since decided that wearing said christmas sweater increases my personal happiness exponentially. i kept catching myself walking around campus with a big dumb smile on my face. it's the greatest!

"the best way to spread christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear." that, and wearing christmas sweaters.

2. my advent calendar

today i got to open the first window on my playmobil advent calendar. YEAH. today's toy was a mailbox.

the mailbox. i think i need to move it closer to the house and away from the stable. hmm. suggestions?

3. running into even more people on campus

today i saw an old roommate from efy! she's getting married in december. it was cool to see her for a second. then i had lunch with my penrose 84 girls. when we were walking across campus and we saw natalie dayton. then we saw sam moffat. then we saw laryssa groll. then we saw steph. holy crow (yes, that was baby j's accidental combination of crap and cow) that's a lot of people. happy!

4. the santa claus

christmas is not christmas without watching the santa claus with tim allen. kinda like christmas is not christmas without doris day. (click on the link and see number 5 if you're interested.) tonight my roommates and i watched it on abc family. it's officially the christmas season, people.

anyone remember this? i think my family still has the vhs version. cause we're just cool like that.

 5. those cookies that baby j makes

baby j and alec made those cookies again. let me tell you, i like them a lot. click on the link and see number 7 for a photo.

6. being done with that paper and presentation

today i had a term paper due in my family processes class, as well as an oral presentation in spanish. it was not pleasant to have all of that due, but it's done! i can breathe! kind of. now i need to finish creating a language for linguistics (this is the point in time where i run away from school because i don't want to do it). but i'm done with the other two!

7. an early bed time

even though i have a lot to do, i think it's important that i get some really good sleep. so tonight, i'm going to bed a little early. and so i will close with, 

"good night, and happy holidays!"