Christmas was good! We had our usual schedule--I went to the Bourque's on Christmas Eve, stayed and opened gifts with his parents on Christmas morning, and then we went to my aunt's Christmas afternoon, and me and Philip had our Christmas together Christmas evening. It's kind of a lot; I can't imagine what the holidays are like when you have double the parents to visit or if you have kids. We had a good meal Christmas Eve in Hanna City and we opened gifts with the girls (Philip's nieces, Briana and Faith). I was pretty nervous because I had put a little something together to ask them to be our flower girls. Opening gifts with Briana and Faith is kind of chaotic because they have so many presents to open. I was afraid that my gifts would get lost and/or it wouldn't be that big of a deal to them, but I wanted it to be memorable. I was so happy because it went just as I wanted it to go... Briana started opening her gift before Faith did, so I had to slow her do...
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I have a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks! This weekend I get to see my good friend Michele, who I will ask to be my maid of honor. I hope she says yes. There's no reason why she wouldn't, other than she'll be across the country--which is a real possibility. Right now she's back in central Illinois from Washington D.C., where she's doing an internship. I wish I got to see her more often because she really is one of my best friends, but alas, life takes her lots of places. On Monday I'm taking the day off and going to Chicago with my aunt Peggy to do our annual Christmas shopping trip at Water Tower Place. Really we only go to eat lunch at Cheesecake Factory (red velvet cheesecake--to die for!) and get exuberant amounts of Garrett's Popcorn to give as gifts. I'm hoping that it won't be as busy since it'll be a Monday, but who knows. The weekend after that Philip and I are going to St. Louis to see a Blues game. It's been a few ...
I'm not sure why, but I'm overly excited for Christmas this year. Even before Halloween, I've been in the Christmas mood. I think this might be because I will really be able to enjoy it without the worry of an upcoming semester of grad school. I also get a lot of time off of work--from December 24 all the way until January 3. I'm so lucky. That's 10 days! I love the feel of Christmastime, too. I love going to the mall when it's busy, when it's all decked out in lights, red, and green, and when it smells like roasted sugared pecans. I love being cozy inside when it's cold outside. Can't wait! So... a new development with Evelyn Chapel. I had the brilliant idea of contacting the chaplain again to see if we can book two times (10:00 am-1:00 pm and 2:00 pm-5:00 pm) in order to have enough time to set up and take pictures before we have the ceremony at like 3:30. I offered to pay double, since that's how much it's going to cost if we have it at ...
Christmas is over. I can't believe it! Everything just happens too quickly. Interestingly, though, it also feels like it was a million years ago. I had a really fun couple of days. Philip and I did Christmas the same as normal, even though we weren't sure if it was going to work out. So I went to Hanna City for Christmas Eve. His family did things a little differently this year and their festivities were on that night. It was fun; his nieces opened their presents and we played some games and played out in the freshly fallen snow. Woke up Christmas morning at the Bourque's and opened presents with his parents, then made the drive home to get ready to go to my aunt's in Towanda. Ate good food there, opened tons of gifts (too many), made a pit stop at my cousin's house to see his new puppy and Wii, and then came back here to have our (me and Philip's) Christmas together. I got so much stuff; it was ridiculous. I am truly spoiled... especially by my boyfriend who ...
(I got this super cute countdown calendar from Hallmark. I just love it. It's all magnetic and it's on my fridge. The little shapes are magnetic too--you remove one each day. So adorable!) I just cannot believe that it's December! I'm quite excited for Christmas, though. For some reason I've been more into Christmas this year... even before Halloween I was excited for it, which isn't like me at all. (We all know how I love Halloween! It's my fav!) I don't know why I seem to be more excited than normal, though. I think it might be because of the break. That alone would do it, I suppose. I am also sad for Christmas this year, because unfortunately I have significantly less money and, therefore, can't buy as many gifts as I would like. I know that it's not all about the gifts, but I just like giving presents and not being able to buy everyone everything that I want (or at least as much as I have in recent years) makes me sad. This Satu...
Couple of things. 1) My job at Advocate BroMenn has opened up again. I'm very confused by this revelation, since I only left in April. The person who replaced me was quite clear that they wanted to stay until they retired. I hope everything's okay with that person--but I really want to know what happened! Part of me wants to contact Bill and see if he'd give me the scoop, but I know better than that. My heart is hurting a little, just because I loved that job and I miss it. It would be silly to go back, after having left to finish graduate school. Sigh... 2) I received an *almost* perfect score on my ethnography paper on the culture of the Deaf Redbirds Association and deaf culture, along with an offer from Dr. Phyllis to help me pursue getting it published. I wasn't expecting this at all and I'm not sure if I totally agree that it's publish-worthy, but it's quite flattering to be told that from the prof. There's no reason why I wouldn't want t...
Christmas is in two days. It doesn't feel like it at all. It's raining heavily today. I wish it were colder so that this would all be snow. I really just kind of want tomorrow to be overwith so that I can be with my family on Christmas. Tomorrow I'm meeting the girls to eat lunch, but really what I'm not looking forward to at all is going to Philip's parents' house. Under normal circumstances, I think I would be excited about it but after the phone call from his mom about switching the gathering date/time with his family, I have a bad taste in my mouth. It basically turned into a nonissue even though it started out as a major issue, and I'm still confused by that. (Though I may have turned it into more of an issue than it actually was to begin with... but not in vain. I was feeling the effects of the issue months ago and then it all came to head with the phone call.) I think I'll always feel like the bad guy here while at the same time feeling like I h...