I love vacation.
This has been such a relaxing vacation. After last semester, I am so glad that I've had such a chance to relax over my Christmas vacation.
I survived the end of my classes, exams, and papers. The lack of homework, papers, and projects in the last few weeks has been quite a change of pace. The last two-ish weeks have been spent hanging out with friends, family, and my girlfriend (!). (Anne and I have known each other for a long time, and we started seeing each other again in October.) I've spent a lot of time in Grand Haven, Lake Ann, Holland, and Kalamazoo.
For the last two days, I was in Houghton, MI helping my sister move into her new apartment. She just got a new state job with the Department of Human Services working with people who need financial assistance from the state (EBT, WIC, etc). I've never been to that part of the U.P., and I actually really liked it! There was a ton of snow, and it seemed like a really beautiful town. Maybe it's just because I really enjoyed getting to know DeKalb after moving there, but it was fun exploring Houghton as a town that Laura was moving to.
David (my roommate) and I have been watching Stargate: Atlantis on Netflix. It's not the most amazing show I've watched, but it's really entertaining and I like it. Even better, all five seasons are on Netflix instant play, so I can watch them whenever I want. I'm about a third of the way through season 3, and it's fun so far.
In a few days, I'm going to drive over to Ann Arbor to meet up with Anne and two of my other close friends, Andrew and Emily (yay!), then it's back to DeKalb for the beginning of the spring semester. Hopefully next semester will be a bit easier than last fall...hopefully.
I survived the end of my classes, exams, and papers. The lack of homework, papers, and projects in the last few weeks has been quite a change of pace. The last two-ish weeks have been spent hanging out with friends, family, and my girlfriend (!). (Anne and I have known each other for a long time, and we started seeing each other again in October.) I've spent a lot of time in Grand Haven, Lake Ann, Holland, and Kalamazoo.
For the last two days, I was in Houghton, MI helping my sister move into her new apartment. She just got a new state job with the Department of Human Services working with people who need financial assistance from the state (EBT, WIC, etc). I've never been to that part of the U.P., and I actually really liked it! There was a ton of snow, and it seemed like a really beautiful town. Maybe it's just because I really enjoyed getting to know DeKalb after moving there, but it was fun exploring Houghton as a town that Laura was moving to.
David (my roommate) and I have been watching Stargate: Atlantis on Netflix. It's not the most amazing show I've watched, but it's really entertaining and I like it. Even better, all five seasons are on Netflix instant play, so I can watch them whenever I want. I'm about a third of the way through season 3, and it's fun so far.
In a few days, I'm going to drive over to Ann Arbor to meet up with Anne and two of my other close friends, Andrew and Emily (yay!), then it's back to DeKalb for the beginning of the spring semester. Hopefully next semester will be a bit easier than last fall...hopefully.