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Christmas is over, thank goodness. I've had a wonderful holiday, don't get me wrong, but the stress of the season was terrible this year. I dislike the Christmas holiday season normally because it is so frantic and full of pressure and worry and there are so many things that must get done. This year was somewhat worse than usual. I don't know if I've mentioned it here, but in the spring my daddy was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. It had spread to his liver and his bones before they figured out he had it, and while chemo and radiation have been helpful in certain ways, they won't cure him. This is the last Christmas my mom and I will have with him, barring some kind of medical miracle, and we wanted it to be a good one. We made it as low key as possible, and tried not to sweat the small stuff, but the stress was still high, and the sadness was lurking in the background. I can say, though, that it was a lovely holiday spent with the people I love most, and for that I am very grateful.
There isn't a lot of gift giving in our family, but I did get a rocking new coat from my boyfriend.
I love it a lot. I also got a new hair dryer and a huge gift card to the QuikTrip, which is like gold for me. I go to the QT at least once a day Monday through Friday, and I buy all my gasoline there. I commute 100 miles a day; I buy a lot of gasoline.
Boyfriend and I saw Tron: Legacy yesterday and we both enjoyed it a lot. It's not a cinematic masterpiece, but it was fun and worked well as a sequel. And it had Olivia Wilde in skintight leather kicking ass and taking names, which would have made it awesome even if it had been a terrible movie.
I have no desire to go back to work tomorrow. I love what I do, and I'm very glad I get to do it, but staying at home with my puppies and my parents sounds a lot better than trying to explain debits and credits. I do have internet in my classroom now, though, so at least I won't be so out of touch with the world. I've been without for at least 6 weeks, and it's been killing me. And also my iPhone, which I have used excessively to try to keep up with life.
And now, to finish my laundry, then to sleep.
There isn't a lot of gift giving in our family, but I did get a rocking new coat from my boyfriend.
I love it a lot. I also got a new hair dryer and a huge gift card to the QuikTrip, which is like gold for me. I go to the QT at least once a day Monday through Friday, and I buy all my gasoline there. I commute 100 miles a day; I buy a lot of gasoline.
Boyfriend and I saw Tron: Legacy yesterday and we both enjoyed it a lot. It's not a cinematic masterpiece, but it was fun and worked well as a sequel. And it had Olivia Wilde in skintight leather kicking ass and taking names, which would have made it awesome even if it had been a terrible movie.
I have no desire to go back to work tomorrow. I love what I do, and I'm very glad I get to do it, but staying at home with my puppies and my parents sounds a lot better than trying to explain debits and credits. I do have internet in my classroom now, though, so at least I won't be so out of touch with the world. I've been without for at least 6 weeks, and it's been killing me. And also my iPhone, which I have used excessively to try to keep up with life.
And now, to finish my laundry, then to sleep.