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So I realize i have been nearly unreachable. I blame the holidays, and the fact that i've had a lot to do, kind of.
Christmas was wonderful. i got to spend part of christmas eve with Jill, which was lovely, and we exchanged gifts, and then went looking at christmas lights, which was a whole lot of fun, and kind of made me sad at the same time. Soon enough they're all going to be taken down, and everything'll go back to normal, and sit that way for another 10 months. It's my hope and dream that christmas starts to take over all of the time after July 4th, so that the entire second half of the year is this ENORMOUS buildup to one day. Even though i know that would cheapen the entire day and experience. So, in short, i'm torn. I just really like the giving and the cheer that everyone at least fakes around christmastime.
I still have a couple of gifts to buy >.<
My brother got himself a 52" tv. And a wii. Talk about going big for yourself right at christmas. The entire weekend was wonderful though. I got to sit around with mom and dad and jason the entire time, and we didn't really do ANYthing. It seemed to last forever, and was fantastic. And we were the only ones in town (no one came to visit), so it was nice and quiet.
Dad and i worked on a nice father-son task, where we're making a picture frame for this painting i picked out for myself for christmas. And, i'm not going to lie, the frame itself is pretty much as beautiful as the painting, because this thing is awesome. It's a couple inches thick, and tall, made of two boards of walnut, routed to have a nice little lip. It's incredibly difficult to explain, but the main problem i'm going to have is where to hang it.
I've now got a UNC - duke photo hanging up, a tile printing of the old well, alex gave me a before-and-after photo of franklin street (on national championship night), which i've got to try to find a frame for, this painting, my copy of the declaration of independence alex gave me, which i also need to find a frame for.
Christmas was wonderful, but work came all too soon. Though the past few days have been totally awesome. Christmas eve, i left work ridiculously early (~2:30), today, i had hardly anything to do, and so i sat from noon til about 4:30, doing approx, 10 minutes of work. I've been increasingly discontented at work. And I realize i've been saying that...pretty much EVERY SINGLE TIME i've written ANYthing. But each day it gets a little bit worse.
I'm going to stop moaning about it now.
My room is so wonderfully decorated now! It's like a completely different place! And with me making a concerted effort to keep it CLEAN and NEAT, it practically IS. I have also suddenly found myself with a wealth of books to read, and plenty of time to do it in, so i'm quite pleased with that aspect of my life.
New years is around the corner, i'm probably going to go to a really small get together with some old friends, but other than that, it's just another reason to have a four day week (hooray!)
Christmas was wonderful. i got to spend part of christmas eve with Jill, which was lovely, and we exchanged gifts, and then went looking at christmas lights, which was a whole lot of fun, and kind of made me sad at the same time. Soon enough they're all going to be taken down, and everything'll go back to normal, and sit that way for another 10 months. It's my hope and dream that christmas starts to take over all of the time after July 4th, so that the entire second half of the year is this ENORMOUS buildup to one day. Even though i know that would cheapen the entire day and experience. So, in short, i'm torn. I just really like the giving and the cheer that everyone at least fakes around christmastime.
I still have a couple of gifts to buy >.<
My brother got himself a 52" tv. And a wii. Talk about going big for yourself right at christmas. The entire weekend was wonderful though. I got to sit around with mom and dad and jason the entire time, and we didn't really do ANYthing. It seemed to last forever, and was fantastic. And we were the only ones in town (no one came to visit), so it was nice and quiet.
Dad and i worked on a nice father-son task, where we're making a picture frame for this painting i picked out for myself for christmas. And, i'm not going to lie, the frame itself is pretty much as beautiful as the painting, because this thing is awesome. It's a couple inches thick, and tall, made of two boards of walnut, routed to have a nice little lip. It's incredibly difficult to explain, but the main problem i'm going to have is where to hang it.
I've now got a UNC - duke photo hanging up, a tile printing of the old well, alex gave me a before-and-after photo of franklin street (on national championship night), which i've got to try to find a frame for, this painting, my copy of the declaration of independence alex gave me, which i also need to find a frame for.
Christmas was wonderful, but work came all too soon. Though the past few days have been totally awesome. Christmas eve, i left work ridiculously early (~2:30), today, i had hardly anything to do, and so i sat from noon til about 4:30, doing approx, 10 minutes of work. I've been increasingly discontented at work. And I realize i've been saying that...pretty much EVERY SINGLE TIME i've written ANYthing. But each day it gets a little bit worse.
I'm going to stop moaning about it now.
My room is so wonderfully decorated now! It's like a completely different place! And with me making a concerted effort to keep it CLEAN and NEAT, it practically IS. I have also suddenly found myself with a wealth of books to read, and plenty of time to do it in, so i'm quite pleased with that aspect of my life.
New years is around the corner, i'm probably going to go to a really small get together with some old friends, but other than that, it's just another reason to have a four day week (hooray!)