Once again, it has been an incredibly long time since my last post. Heather (see friends) has teased me about being faithfully unfaithful to my blog, and I'm afraid she's right. I like to think that I post more than I do, but I think I'm only fooling myself.

I am now on Christmas break, finding myself in the oddest of states. For the first several days, I stayed incredibly busy (kind of.) I left school on Friday, immediately heading to Chicago for a day out with some girlfriends (more on that later). Then, came home, and have had company ever since. In fact, it's basically worked out that one leaves in the morning and another comes in the evening. Welcome to our family! It's a madhouse. Always. I don't know anything different. Since arriving home, life has been a rollercoaster of events and happenings. To quote a recent film (ie: Pirates) "Complications arose, ensued, and were overcome." Well, some. Others... we're still working on. I've definitely made up more than enough of my television watching, and for that, I am ashamed. I can't believe how easily I waste so much time. Blasted movie channel! But I have managed to have a number of wonderful extras thrown in. My weekend in Chicago was a blast. We attended the symphony Friday night, but managed to find our way through the unhappy, ghetto-esqe west side of Chicago, arriving at intermission amid laughs and eye rolls. The next day, we hit a huge mall, and I managed to talk two rather un-prissy girls into trying on half-a-dozen formal gowns at Jessica McClintock. It was so much fun and I was so very proud of the two of them! Oh, did I mention that late Friday night, we dined at a Russian teahouse? It was so incredible! I loved it! I felt like such a girl, and it was so much fun! Other unexpected surprises have come and gone since arriving home, and I'm finally starting to settle down and be diligent like I must. I have an entire semesters worth of Algebra to do before I head back to school. I'm not sure how that's going to go.

God has continued showing me different things about my life. Again, one of the foremost lessons seems to focus on patience, something I apparently have yet to master. But I've been happy being back around my family. Though not perfect by any stretch, I love them dearly. We have our own warped sense of humor, built around miscellaneous songs and random movie quotes, that form an intricate network of inside jokes and twisted humor. To any poor outsider, we'd probably seem looney, but hey, we're secure, so we just keep on going. (By the way, I discovered today that I can fit and hold a black olive in my belly-button. Don't ask. But I can.)

Well, it's getting late, and I'm starting to get to that stage of sleepiness where my imagination envisions the strangest of happenings, so I must be going. And, reflecting now of what I've written, this truly seems a rather odd, miscellaneous assortment of ramblings, but hey, I never promised to be Shakespeare, or Austen, or Lewis. Goodnight, and Merry Christmas!