Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We actually left from home on Wednesday relatively on time, around 6:30 AM. The drive was okay; it rained in Indianapolis, but other than that (and a few arguments) it was pretty good. We finally arrived here at 4 PM. So far we've pretty much done nothing but play Wii, read, and just hang out; which is fine with me. Yesterday, Christmas Eve, everyone here at my Aunt's house (my grandparents, 2 aunts, 2 uncles, aunt's fiance, cousin, and brother), except for my sister and parents, went to 5:00 mass, and it was crowded. When church ended, the parking lot was CRAZY. There were people going out the entrance, parking in the wrong place, and general pandemonium (that's a slight exaggeration). I guess people wanted to get home on Christmas Eve! We waited a few minutes for the parking lot to clear out, and then drove back to my aunt's house, listening to the Glee soundtrack at full volume. My Grandpa Fran and his girlfriend, Lauretta, were there when we got back, and soon we commenced eating. My dad had made salmon, and there was quinoa, couscous, rolls, and a few other things. For dessert, we had pumpkin angel food cake, blueberry pie, and ice cream (not all of it at the same time). It is actually a White Christmas today, which makes the day even better. Actually, the news anchors were arguing what qualified as a 'White Christmas', saying that there needed to be at least 1 inch covering the ground, but I disagree. The weathermen predicted that there would only be flurries, but I would say that this is definitely more than flurries. Not that it matters, but I think there's about an inch out there. Now all we have to do is open gifts, though I already got all the gifts I'm going to get from my parents; we're waiting for my cousin to get back from here dad's house, where she stayed on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas!!

Packing Time

Tomorrow we leave for Missouri, finally. The ten hour drive should be fun!! Actually, it isn't that bad; I read, work on my laptop, sleep, etc. Though it is kind of sad that on the first day of winter break, I will be waking up at 5 AM, or there abouts. Most of my friends will be sleeping in late. I guess I can console myself with the fact that they'll be staying home, while I get to actually go somewhere. I can still sleep in the car, also. We're trying to leave by 6 AM, but I expect it won't be until at least 6:30 AM. On average, we leave an hour behind schedule. We're going to have breakfast on the road at Panera Bread, which should be delicious. I just finished packing my clothing, but there's still more to do- electronics, books, and a ton of other things we have to pack. I'm pretty busy getting everything ready for the trip, so goodbye, for now.

Christmas Woes

I've already forgotten my promise to write at least one blog a week. Sorry! Last week was pretty hectic. Anyway, we opened gifts yesterday night, so we wouldn't have to take them on vacation. I got a bunch of books (one in french), some socks, pj bottoms, a t-shirt, itunes gift card, etc. I liked all of the gifts, especially my "Don't Mess with the Mitten" t-shirt (the picture by the way, is some random person wearing it, I found online). I made my mom a scrapbook of our trip this summer, which took all day Saturday and Sunday, and which she loved, of course. Unfortunately, today and tomorrow we have school. In my humble opinion (and many of my peer's), we should have gotten off on Friday. Heck, even my agenda thinks we should be on break by now (it has smaller daily entries for the Christmas week).Except for two test today, we aren't really doing anything in school, these days are basically pointless. Though, I did have a Christmas Party in French class. We celebrated by eating Bouche de Noel, which is kind of like a Yule Log (I think), and drinking Orangina and Sprite. Tomorrow, our schedule is sooo crazy. Our first of the day is actually 6th hour, and it goes backwards from there, with 30 minute classes to 2nd hour. We then have 30 minutes or so of 1st hour, a Holiday assembly, lunch, and lastly a 2 hour block of 1st hour. So basically, we will be watching movies and other pointless stuff all day. It would have been so much better if we were on vacation.

Kingsley meets Santa

Kingsley got his picture taken with Santa today. It was really nice; we went down to this dog boutique in downtown, and Kingsley sat with Santa and they took a bunch of pictures. The two kids who are the elves in the picture don't look too happy in the picture, and that's the most smiley they get. I guess I wouldn't be smiling if I had been taking pictures with dogs all day. But still, they could have given some effort. All this morning was taken up with Science Olympiad practices, so we had to wait a while until we could go out. I only had one at 10 AM, but they dragged on until 4 PM. So, in the meantime, I took 2 walks, one with Kingsley and one without. It actually warmed up into the 30's, so it was quite pleasant. Anyway, there's only a week and 2 days until Christmas vacation! It's kind of stupid because we don't get out until Wednesday, December 23- the day before Christmas Eve! So, we'll be spending the whole day before Christmas Eve driving, instead of relaxing and spending time with family. Oh well.

Snow

One of my readers pointed out to me that I did not post anything last week. It is probably because I either forgot, or thought nothing interesting was happening that day. From now on, I will try to post at least one per week. Anyway, it's supposed to snow tonight, but the brunt of the storm is supposed to be west of us, so we'll probably only get an inch or so. I'm glad because it just doesn't feel like December right now. I don't know why, but maybe the snow will help. There were some kids at school were hoping for a snow day, but I'm not betting on it. Only two eventful things happened today: 1. French Club and 2. Anatomy practice. French Club was after school; we're practicing French Christmas Carols because we're caroling at a retirement home this Thursday. I'll be singing O Holy Night in French as a solo, which should be interesting. Then I got picked up and driven to Anatomy practice (for Science Olympiad). Two people were missing, but it was still interesting... to say the least. That's pretty much it for tonight; I don't really have any homework, so I still have time to do whatever.