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I couldn't sleep for days
And I couldn't believe
You couldn't come too soon
To break me from that room
And now I'll sleep for days
But in a different place
I'm half way done with break and it's been the best winter break of my entire life. I really needed to come home from OU and get back into this life that I've always known. This town has all the ingedients for the remedy to my over-stressed, over-worked college self.
I got a job at Victoria's Secret for the break, so I'm being kept busy enough to not think too hard. I think last summer compared to last quarter has taught me that I need a job constantly. I need a place where I can go where my tasks don't have anything to do with my outside life. I need a place where my concentration is needed on what I'm doing so I don't have the time to sit at home and think too much. In case you don't know me, I have this constant need to feel needed by someone or something. A job gives me enough of that feeling that I can stay relatively happy. Even if the job isn't exactly exciting, it gives me an escape. Depending on the workload of next quarter, I will probably end up getting a job somewhere in Athens to keep my sanity.
I have seen Jim everyday this entire quarter except for Thanksgiving. You have no idea how wonderful that has been. Since the day I got back, Jim has been nothing but perfect to me. We do a lot of just laying around and talking, and I absolutely love that. We play wrestle/fight, we watch movies and tv, and we go out with our friends. Our relationship is absolutely wonderful and it's constantly getting better. These next two quarters are going to be extremely tough because of the lack of a long break, but we'll manage. We always do. I'm just happy to have him in my life again!
My friends are as wonderful as always. Some have been home and some are coming home. Either way, I have gotten to see everyone at least once since break started. We all started up just where we left off. We went to parties, we play video games, and we spend hours and hours at Perkins. Sweet thing though: me, Jim, Steven, Nick, and Liz went to Windsor on a spur of the moment idea. We spent one night there and it was awesome. We bar hopped from a cute little Irish pub to a sweet bar/coffee house and then to a pool room/bar. I got my fair share of drinks and I tried absinthe. Ech! Horrible, horrible tasting liquid that is highly over-rated. We ended the night at the casino where I proceeded to lose $8.50 at the nickel slots. I was ok with that, I absolutely hate gambling. It was a good time. I hope some time we get to go again for longer and when it's warmer.
The family is going good, as always. It's been hard because the holidays are a time of family and togetherness and everything but this is the first holiday without my Grandpa. We are getting through it the best we can but it's weighing on all of us. It's just so hard when the main foundation of your family is gone. We're all doing the best we can though.
I was thinking I was going to right about all these things that have happened over break but I realized it's not really worth it. Just know that I'm finally happy again and I'm fully enjoying myself.
XOJess