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ad_exiaHappy Halloween! :D
Now... let's talk about Christmas.
So my mom has booked us on a cruise from Dec. 25-Jan 1. Let me also say that "us" means her side of the family: her, her brother, her sister and her family, and me. I can't possibly leave Florida until at least the 18th or 19th, and then we'd be coming back down the 24th. This gives me almost no time in Chicago to actually see the people I want to see or do anything, and I think I'd pretty much spend the whole time running around trying to see people and then be exhausted by the time Christmas and this cruise actually hit. So I talked to my dad about it, and I really think what makes the most sense is to just stay in Florida and head down to Orlando on the 25th and meet up with the family at the airport and grab the cruise transport to Cape Canaveral for the cruise. That gives me the week before Christmas to really concentrate on getting things done, whether it's job-hunting or thesis-writing or all of the above. I'm... actually kind of really looking forward to a couple days with no need to go into work (I'd probably work from home, or work would be pretty empty) and no one around to bother me and just... you know, some time to myself. I have been feeling a distinct lack of it lately, and I know that it's because I like going out with my friends and doing things, but even though I like doing that I also like time to myself because I'm weird like that.
So I will not be coming home around Christmas, but as absolutely soon as I know my spring schedule, I will make plans to come home for about a week in mid-January. Dad said they'd leave the tree p for me (<3) and everything. Hopefully it'll work out for everyone, and it's really the easiest thing for me.
Anyway. I'm just letting my nutella banana bread (OMG BAKING I KNOW, and thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alibi2014 for posting the recipe!) cool before I take it over to Scott's, to join in the Harry Potter mini-marathon he's got going today. (He's showing 4, 5, and 6, though I plan to just show up/stick around for 5 and 6.) I almost don't really want to go out today at all and just putz around, since it's been a while since I've had time to do that. Buuut I said I'd go, and I'm sure I will have fun, and I will hopefully still get home before it's too terribly late (read: midnight) and get some other things done. Namely looking at that AAS job register and also at some writing contests.
I also wanted to post that WIP meme Ai put up, so maybe I'll do that later too. Hey, maybe it'll actually get me to finish something, OMG. Or at least work on something! That Hoosier piece I started a few weeks ago is almost done, I wrote most of that earlier this week at Starbucks. (Oh God, I realized I've gained a few pounds, and I don't think it's muscle. Clearly I need to stop going to Starbucks so much, or just start getting regular coffee or tea when I do. I really go for the environment more than the coffee, but I can't just sit around without buying something. XD)
All right, the bread is on its way to cooling and I need to stop off at Target before I go to Scott's. Until later, guys~
Now... let's talk about Christmas.
So my mom has booked us on a cruise from Dec. 25-Jan 1. Let me also say that "us" means her side of the family: her, her brother, her sister and her family, and me. I can't possibly leave Florida until at least the 18th or 19th, and then we'd be coming back down the 24th. This gives me almost no time in Chicago to actually see the people I want to see or do anything, and I think I'd pretty much spend the whole time running around trying to see people and then be exhausted by the time Christmas and this cruise actually hit. So I talked to my dad about it, and I really think what makes the most sense is to just stay in Florida and head down to Orlando on the 25th and meet up with the family at the airport and grab the cruise transport to Cape Canaveral for the cruise. That gives me the week before Christmas to really concentrate on getting things done, whether it's job-hunting or thesis-writing or all of the above. I'm... actually kind of really looking forward to a couple days with no need to go into work (I'd probably work from home, or work would be pretty empty) and no one around to bother me and just... you know, some time to myself. I have been feeling a distinct lack of it lately, and I know that it's because I like going out with my friends and doing things, but even though I like doing that I also like time to myself because I'm weird like that.
So I will not be coming home around Christmas, but as absolutely soon as I know my spring schedule, I will make plans to come home for about a week in mid-January. Dad said they'd leave the tree p for me (<3) and everything. Hopefully it'll work out for everyone, and it's really the easiest thing for me.
Anyway. I'm just letting my nutella banana bread (OMG BAKING I KNOW, and thanks to
alibi2014 for posting the recipe!) cool before I take it over to Scott's, to join in the Harry Potter mini-marathon he's got going today. (He's showing 4, 5, and 6, though I plan to just show up/stick around for 5 and 6.) I almost don't really want to go out today at all and just putz around, since it's been a while since I've had time to do that. Buuut I said I'd go, and I'm sure I will have fun, and I will hopefully still get home before it's too terribly late (read: midnight) and get some other things done. Namely looking at that AAS job register and also at some writing contests. I also wanted to post that WIP meme Ai put up, so maybe I'll do that later too. Hey, maybe it'll actually get me to finish something, OMG. Or at least work on something! That Hoosier piece I started a few weeks ago is almost done, I wrote most of that earlier this week at Starbucks. (Oh God, I realized I've gained a few pounds, and I don't think it's muscle. Clearly I need to stop going to Starbucks so much, or just start getting regular coffee or tea when I do. I really go for the environment more than the coffee, but I can't just sit around without buying something. XD)
All right, the bread is on its way to cooling and I need to stop off at Target before I go to Scott's. Until later, guys~
