I have become very lax about posting. I think it's largely because I'm so busy. There's been so much stuff going on over the last few months that it's hard for me to make the time to write about it. That and I'm a slacker. That's probably the bigger reason. So, I'm going to try to take this post to write a spark notes version of the last few weeks.
1. Apparently at Warren Wilson College an A- can end a 4.0. I had accepted that I was probably going to lose my 4.0 this semester, and it's really not that big a deal anyway, but I was sure I was going to get at least one or two B's and those would end it, which is fine. Turns out though that I got all A's (Yay! That was a delightful surprise), only two of them were A-'s, and I would really rather my gpa have dropped over something less nitpicky. Really Warren Wilson College? Really?
2. NATE WAS HOME!!!! Oh man that was amazing. He was only home for twelve days, but we spend most of it together, hanging out watching movies, hanging out with friends, or taking engagement pictures by my dear Andie Tucker : ) I may post my favorites here later. We also had dinner with our parents, by which I mean both our parents at the same dinner, meeting each other. It was not nearly as awkward as I expected it to me. I was in full out unreasonable worrying mode, and was convinced that they would hate each other and that the whole thing would be a disaster. I knew I was being ridiculous, but I couldn't help it. Fortunately I was very wrong. It was a lovely evening and was drama free.
3. Christmas was lovely. My mom went to Florida to visit her parents for the week while Julie and I spent Christmas with our dad. Mom was gone for the whole week leading up to Christmas, and Julie was on a road trip with Taylor and his family, so I had the house to myself, which was quite nice. I could get used to living alone. Spent Christmas eve evening with my dad and went back Christmas morning. It was nice. Very few presents but lots of cooking and hanging out, which is what I think Christmas should be. Julie spent most of the day with Taylor's family, which hurt my feelings a bit but oh well. There's nothing I can do about that. Nate came over later in the afternoon as well, which was a lot of fun. At one point I went in the kitchen to cook and then realized that I had left him alone with my dad, which worried me a little bit but they got along much better than I expected. I'm just a worrier about things like that. Also, WHITE CHRISTMAS!! Snow! It was beautiful. Nate and I had a snowball fight that was definitely the highlight of my Christmas, even though it only lasted long enough for out gloveless hands to begin to ache severely from the cold.
4. I kind of have a hard time with the Christmas spirit. It seems like Christmas is supposed to bring extra excitement and feelings of joy at the existence of Christ, but I didn't really feel especially excited this year. Yes, it's important to celebrate Christmas, but shouldn't we be just as excited about Jesus all year round? Shouldn't every day be Christmas?
5. Nate left. He left Thursday night, and I really can't remember the last time I cried like that. My other half is now on the other side of the world. I stayed up all night Thursday to skype with him when he landed in Seattle, which was around 5 am our time. Consequently my sleep schedule has been totally destroyed - I'm now semi-nocturnal - but it was worth it. Somehow talking to him so soon after he left made it feel like he was less far away. I've done a lot of moping around for the last few days and I'm starting to feel better. My friends have been wonderfully supportive. I've gotten multiple loving text messages, and my dear friend Onelia forwent the New Year's partys to bring me takeout Japanese food and sit around my house in her party clothes to watch the Time's Square festivities on tv. Love.
6. Now that I have a substantial amount of free time on my hands, I've gotten really into wedding blogs and planning websites. Nate and I decided not to dig into the planning yet since he was home for so little time, but we'll probably do that soon. Doing all of this reading makes me wish we could just get started now, but we've got over two years since we're waiting until I graduate and he gets back from Japan. I guess for the next few months I should just enjoy getting to do all the fun thinking without having to do any of the work.
7. I still have another two weeks before I go back to school. I spent pretty much all of last week with Nate, so I'm looking forward to getting to catch up with friends this week. It shall be fun : )
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