It's only been a week...whoops! I'm a bad blogger (and a bad student, I'm writing this in ECON200: Microeconomics. But who needs econ anyway, right?). I just get distracted very easily! I need to make up a real schedule for this or something. Anyway.
Thanksgiving went pretty well. There were 20 of us all over at Grandma's house. My sister, two cousins, and I ended up having to sit at a table in the hallway, six more in the kitchen, and then the remaining 12 adults were in the dining room. The food was good, we had a ton of dessert. Grandma Ruth (who isn't actually my grandma - she's my uncle's mom - but I've called her Grandma Ruth my whole life) kept making fun of me because I was eating cookies before the turkey was even out of the oven. But can you blame me? Cookies are great!
It was strange, though. This is our first holiday season since Grandma died in March. She was already in the hospital by this time last year, but we all still went and visited her in shifts on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even though she wasn't there for dinner, she was still around, still right on the other side of town. We could still go and visit her and celebrate as a whole family. This year we had to hold each other together. No one seemed really upset or anything, but I think it was hard on my mom. A lot of things have been hard on my mom over the last year.
Things looked up a little bit around midnight on Thanksgiving, when Katie, Tim and I drove to Hagerstown to go Black Friday shopping. I managed to get gifts for Mom, Jim, and Meghan for pretty cheap, so I would say it was a successful trip! People always say that Black Friday shopping isn't worth it, but it honestly is, you can get such great deals. I got Mom two gifts for $30 (total) at a store that is normally ridiculously expensive (not giving away any details, because WHAT IF she somehow sees this, hmm???). If you have a shopping problem, Black Friday will definitely be nicer to your wallet than a normal shopping day. Speaking of, I managed a nice Fossil wallet for $15, too.
It's so weird being back in school now, just knowing that the semester is almost over. My last final is on December 19, only a few weeks away. I really need to buckle down and study. I definitely need to try to do well on my econ final to bring my grade up (let's not even TALK about that number right now), and I really want to do well on my English348A final paper, too. I just need to figure out some self control...we're getting there.
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