This Christmas season didn’t disappoint. I was glad to finally get home after finals and fourteen hours of flying on the 22nd. Whoever is in charge of the academic calendar should have to travel on the days they make the end of the semester because it was hell this year. After stops in Phoenix and Las Vegas, I was ecstatic to see the green carpet of PDX. I feel like I’ve seen my fair share of airports, at least west of the Mississippi and hands down Portland is my favorite. Not just because it’s home, but because it’s has the best customer service, most food choices both in and out of security and the fastest baggage return. If I had to fly in and out of O’Hare or BWI every time, I’d probably fly a lot less.
Anyway, I got to see almost all of my friends right away because my friend Chris hosted a Christmas party, and was nice enough to make sure I would be home for it. Most of the schools on the West Coast finished their terms the week before I did, so they were bragging about being done before me. We’ll see who’s laughing in May when I’m finished a month early and enjoying the sun at Fenway.
Christmas itself was a little strange this year since neither Nate nor Liz was home, but I suppose that’s the way life works nowadays. My birthday was fun and a lot of my friends stopped by to help me celebrate my last year of minordome. (yes, I made that word up) It was really fun to have Liz and Billy out here to help ring in the new year, and just spend some quality time together. I’m headed back out to Maryland in May after I’m done with school and before Dad graduates and I’m hoping to get to see Mrs. DePriest in action- I still haven’t made it to Northern HS.
Thank you to everyone for my gifts- between Christmas and my birthday, I really got everything I asked for and more. Not sure how I’m going to get it back to school with me, but I’ll make it work somehow.
I’m excited to start the new semester, which is full of science classes. Two nursing courses including pharmacology, two biology classes (microbiology and human nutrition) and a psychology class about child and adolescent development mean a lot time spent in labs, but I’ll probably love every minute of it. Everyone at school asks me if I hate nursing yet, and I just don’t see that happening any time soon. This semester also brings the dance concert, A’s baseball (when they play the White Sox) and a trip to Boston to bring it all to a close. I can’t wait to get back to school. Not super excited about the “feels like -3” that I’d be experiencing right now, but I guess I’ll be using all of the winder weather gear I received.
Love and miss-
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