Why isn't it December?
So today my Calculus Quiz class was cancled so right now I could be catching up on sleep or starting my English paper that is due on Thursday, but no. I can't sleep and really have no desire to do more Engilsh so here I am. College is going well, other than then fact that I have a crap load of homework to get done before Friday because we leave at 7:40 to drive to Des Moines. Can you believe it? I GET TO SLEEP IN UNTIL 7:00. I haven't done that in so long. It will be amazing I'm sure. I'm really excited about my first collegite regatta. I think I'm in two races, which will be a little weird, but I'll be fine. I'm in the second 8 right now so I need to start kicking some ass. Last week my erg scores skyrocketed to bad places, but I think (based off yesterday's scores) that I have almost gotten them back. I think that it has just been an adjustment process. There are definately girls that are stronger than I, but I just need to get back to the attitude that I had in Junior year. You might be stronger than me but I'm going to be tougher and simply fucking stubborn. Whatever! I hate erging but I can overcome it, or something like that.
So I bet you can't guess what I'm listening to right now. Well, if you said "It's Shara, does she listen to anything other than Christmas music?", then you would definately be right. I am really excited for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. First of all, I want to come home. I was never someone who just needed to get out of Mukilteo, I happen to like it there. I want to see my family, my friends, my dog, my house and I just want to be back home. It's not that I don't like it here, because I do (or am starting to damn the weather), but I will always love Seattle. I miss the rain! The soft, steady sound of it. It's not stormy or humid, it's just calm, consistant and cool. I am tired of being hot! I want to go to Alderwood mall and see the new additions. I am actually excited to go shopping, especially since I really haven't spent any money at school because of grandparents. I want to go visit random people. I am already planning on making a trip down to PLU to see Anna and Laura. Plus there are so many other people to visit. I want to see my dog because I'm really starting to doubt if he even remembers me. I have a picture of him next to my bed that my mom gave me, but I really want to see him. He is my best friend in many ways. We spent as much time together as I did as with anyone else. I am excited that Kristina is coming home from Philidelphia. I'm not going to lie, I was worried about her for a while, but I think that things will get better now that she is going to start at BU in the Spring.
Yeah, yeah back to holidays. I really love Thanksgiving (and not just because it is the beginning of Christmas). Bailee and I cook dinner because mom usually works and is sleeping. We cook and watch the parade and watch christmas movies and watch Friends Thanksgiving episodes. It is really a good time. While I would have liked spending the holiday with my KC family, I'm obviously glad I'm going home. Okay, then there is dinner. Do I have to say more? Food is the single greatest thing in the world. I have developed a new found appreciation for good food. I always ate fairly well at home, with the exception of rare junk food nights with friends, but everything here is fried. It's rediculus. I've even given up trying to eat the things that look healthy, or can be made healthily, because they are always fried. I mean the salad lettuce is white Iceberg crap. I can't wait to eat really food when I come home. Also there is the after dinner football game that normally ends up just being me and Bailee or me against everyone else. Not fun, so if you want to join in this year give me a call.
Do I even need to say that I love Christmas? Well I don't mind telling ya, I do. It is a lifetime's worth of amazingness packed into one month. And it happens every year. People are just so happy and I really love giving people gifts. I like buying things but I rarely spend money on myself (unless it is for pillows as I have five of the amazing wonder-pillows now). I love Miracle on 34th St and the Home Alones and all of the movies. The Fox Family channel 25 days of Christmas is so cool. I listen to the music all of the time but it is more special at Christmas. I was in a Christmas store a couple weeks ago with my grandparents and I got so excited. When it gets cold and everything is crisp and light and carefree. I can't wait. Luckily we have regattas and crew to make the time fly until then. I can't wait. I am in such a good mood now. A bit nostalgic but mostly just plain happy.
I have to go to weights now, but I am so glad that I skipped a nap to write this. Sleep is overreated anyway. Christmas is a feeling that you can carry with you every day. It doesn't have to make it less of a feeling. It just becomes a place to draw from when you are feeling out of sorts (You can borrow some of mine, I never use them (Friends quote)). I love the feeling and I will celebrate it as long as possible.
"Some men see things as they are and ask why, I see things that have never been and ask why not" I love this quote