I'm feeling all starry-eyed and sappy and mushy right now. I think I'll go watch Pride and Prejudice and sigh a lot.

I also really want some goat cheese and crackers, but we're all out of Ritz...

I really like candy, and cakes and ice cream and pie. I just don't understand it when people say they don't like sweets. Chocolate is so tasty.
I'm just sitting here at work, waiting for the weather balloon to pop. I have had a strong desire all day to sing Christmas carols with my family. I think I'll do that when I go home. That and I really need to clean my room. I just don't get why while I live in my dorm, everything is always super clean and orderly, but when I'm at our house clothes start to accumulate in piles about my room, shoes get spread all about the house, and I never take my meals at regular intervals. Perhaps everything expands when it has more space. Though the whole eating thing is probably due to the fact that I like to eat a late breakfast, usually don't want lunch at the normal time, and then I am at work for the hours of dinner eating. But blah blah blah, boring. I'm sure you don't care to hear more about my eating habits. Heh.
Oh, there's one of those big tan erasers that I love lying on the desk in front of me! You know, the large brick ones that have that distinct smell and usually have something like "Improved Gum" printed on them. I think I had several of them in elementary school. They feel slightly odd rubbing under my fingers and I would always stab mine with my pencils during class, leaving grey-ringed pock marks over the entire thing. I keep smiling looking at it and I really want to erase something now.
Ah! Balloon popped. Back off to doing my job. ^_^

Something's missing...

Is anybody else disturbed by the fact that to make blueberry muffins now all you have to do is "Just add water!" to the mix? No to-do with beating in eggs, finding cooking oil in the back of the cabinets, draining the can of blueberries so the whole muffin doesn't turn a funny shade of purple? Doesn't that bother anybody besides me? I mean, where'd it all go? No? Okaaay...If not then, Yay, I love blueberry muffins for breakfast. Mmmm! I woke up earlier than usual so I could cook some, and now they're baking in the oven, and I best go check them so I won't burn them. ^_^ Tasty breakfast coming up!

Ever get a song stuck in your head where you don't know what it's called, who plays it, or even what the words really are? Yeah, I've had that for the last few days or so. So when I'm driving I'm often just making up words to some melody that keeps running about in my head. Kind of annoying, but at the same time, I really like the song, however it goes.

Monday I started my volunteer work at the National Weather Service. They don't have a SCEP position (basically paid internship) open yet(but I have a feeling they're working on that), so I'm just doing volunteer stuff for now. They just teach me everything I'll need to know, I get to see how I like working there, they get to know me, and it helps me learn stuff a lot faster for school/my future. All that practical application stuff. A really good deal, I think. Everyone has been really friendly and super helpful for me. I'm very grateful to how everybody is trying to get me a job with them. I would love to work for the National Weather Service when I graduate. :]

Besides the hours at the NWS, I really don't know what to do with myself over this Christmas break. I'm going to the bookstore tomorrow to get a stack of books I can read. Heather and I are going to see the Golden Compass movie. I loved Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. They were some of my favorite books as a kid. I hope the movie is just as excellent as the story in the books. I'm also going to try and see if Palmetto has some hours they would have me work. I'm getting lower on the cash and I want to be able to buy people gifts for Christmas and still have enough dollars to purchase my next chunk of textbooks for the spring semester.

Ah, it's raining now. Finally. This warm weather (a high of 77 F) in December is quite a drag. But cooler weather is coming with this rain, so I'm pleased. I was actually a bit confused for a moment, sitting here at my computer. It's all dark in the house now, which is when the house starts to make noises. It usually creeks and pops and clicks, but the rain has a different sound outside my back door. Not so much a patter or splash, but more like... a few hands slightly slapping on the ground against smooth concrete. I don't know, maybe that all sounds the same. Anyways, it's late, and I am planning on waking up early in the morning to cook blueberry muffins for breakfast. I guess sleep is in order for me.

Finals Finished!

It feels good being done with finals. Laying here on my belly with my computer on top of my bed(I never do that, it's always on my desk), and warm cocoa in my stomach feels really good. Jacob at my desk and Caroline on her bed, both studying for their last exams, and the room looks more hollow with all the things we've already moved out. I'm going back to Boss City on Saturday and I really have mixed feelings about that. I'm looking forward to seeing my family and home friends. I'm excited about working at the National Weather Service and taking a break from the school studies. I'm going to miss living here in Monroe. I like the control over my own living quarters. I enjoy living with Caroline and I like the room we have. I'm comfortable here with the people I'm around. I've grown accustomed to hanging around in the WRC and everyone in the Atms. department that is always in there. I don't know. It's just good here and I'm not wanting to trek all the way back home, unable to return for the next five weeks. I'm sure I'll be more than happy once I'm at my house with good family and friends and I'll be just as reluctant to leave to return here to school. I am happy about the break. After all the studying and tests, I am more than pleased to not have to open a text book for a while. I'm just really comfortable right now.
But anyways, enough of that stuff.
Hooray for good first semesters. Yay for A's and fun(ish) classes. I love the weather! I'm definitely keeping with it. Not that I ever had any doubt I would change.
I'm happy it's Christmas time. Everything is shiny.
And I'm sleepy now. So tell me, what do you like best about December?

It feels odd walking around the campus on a Monday morning and seeing empty sidewalks and significantly less cars. It's finals week, so the usual hustle and bustle of people outside in the morning and around lunch time is missing. People are either not here because of the lack of classes or they are cramped up inside, cramming the facts and formulas they've forgotten over the semester back in their head. It just seems more empty right now.
The Christmas lights are up around campus now and the tree is lit up in front of the library. I like how everything sparkles and shines this time of the year. When the air is cold and everything is crisper and cleaner. The wind almost knocked me over when I stepped out of the library last night.
I've got three more finals this week and then I'm done for the semester. I'm going to miss being here for the next five weeks, but I'm looking forward to seeing a few fine friends of mine. Everyone call me if you're in town and want to get together. I love hearing from all of you.