I decided you might be a little bit bored hearing about what all I am up to these days? If not, well, I apologize, but today's post is going to be a little bit different. I am writing this as I sit on the Megabus headed to the good ol' Mitten--yes, the semester is over and I am GOING HOME! So, what am I going to write about today, you might ask? All the fun things I want and hope to do over Christmas break, of course!
- Spend time with my magnificent and wonderful family. This is pretty much the overarching theme for all of break. Being out here in the 'Burgh makes me realize how much they mean to me. Didn't mean to make you all tear up...but if you ever forget who loves you most, it is certainly your family.
- Cook a lot of delicious food. One of the things I miss most about home is cooking my own food. Valerie and I did a lot of the cooking--okay, if you can call throwing together spaghetti true cooking--but we did make dinner often, and I did not think I would long to make my own food as much as I do. No, making myself a bowl of cereal or a salad does not count. Yes, those are pretty much the only two things I have made--Market Central does all the cooking and assembling for me. I have a lot of recipes I want to try, from appetizers to desserts, but I also want to make some tried and true favorites: Spinach Frittata, White Bean Chili, and Sweet Potato Casserole.
- Plan my life. I don't anticipate that I will get more than a few years into the future (especially since I know life never goes according to plan) but I do want to do a rough sketch of my academic plan. I am hoping to eventually conduct my own research--for the mere sake of discovery--and do a lot of other awesome things. When I figure out what those ideas are, you will be the first to find out!
- Spend time outside. According to Accuweather, Battle Creek is not supposed to have a White Christmas. What. Is. This? I do not understand how Michigan of all places, is going to have a snowless Christmas. I am not even asking for a full six inches or several feet. I just want enough to cover the grass for the 25th. However, if there is not snow, I plan on spending lots of time outside taking walks, running, playing basketball, and just enjoying the weather. If it does happen to snow, I am going to be skiing, sledding, making snowmen, and, of course, shoveling. But I honestly don't even mind shoveling. The snow is so pretty.
- Read. For fun. Christmas novels. Cookbooks. The Wall Street Journal. Mysteries. Children's books. Actually, I do have one set of books in mind in addition to all of those: it's called The Hunger Games. I have no idea what it is about, but I have heard several people mention it, so I figure it might be worth my time. I don't like not having time to read for fun anymore. (I guess if I deleted my Facebook, I would have a little bit of extra time...definitely being considered!) When I was in elementary school I finished books all the time!
- Play reindeer games. Yes, I did just refer to myself enjoying reindeer games. I want to play Monopoly, Scrabble, Bananagrams, Boggle, and every other game under the sun. When I was home for Thanksgiving break and no one else was yet, I played Battleship with Mom--great times! It was a great way to relax.
- Spend time with friends. Thanksgiving break was not nearly long enough to catch up with everybody I wanted to and hoped to. A few of us spent five hours straight at Starbucks sipping holiday beverages and catching up on our lives, but this time I'll need some sleepovers (yes, I am a college kid who still enjoys slumber parties...how else do you fit a semester's worth of information into a brief amount of time?). Valerie and I plan on having some delicious food parties as well so we can cook but not have to eat three dozen cookies or 20 cups of Crispix mix. Spread the wealth!
How are you going to spend your holidays?
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