what a great break!

hello all!
wow, what a GREAT thanksgiving break i just had! it was so wonderful to see everyone. when i was sitting at my aunt annie's house and i looked around at everyone that was around me, i just couldnt believe that it was all real! its weird to think about, really, in that: any other year during school, i would have never seen all of those people of my family, and i was never really "counting down" to thanksgiving to see all of them. and yet, this year, i think that it was the fact that i didnt have the availability to see them (as in: to go down to cinci even if i WANTED to), that made me want to see them even more, if that makes sense.... the POINT is, i loved seeing them all, and i hope that they had a great time like i did. and WOW, the FOOD! ate WAY too much of THAT....
fortunately, i dont have THAT much work left here for me. i DO have to have the first half of the first "harry potter" read by today (whoops!), but its not like i WONT be able to follow in lecture! i mean, come ON, im not going to have to ask questions like "ok, so this whole 'voldemort' thing.... now, who's this guy again?" (haha- i just realized thar if you have never read the books, you might not know what im talking about) (on second thought, its harry potter, im sure you know what im talking about or have at least HEARD about it) i went to see the 4th movie over break! MAN, THAT was good.
so, another worry of mine is this: i have 3 weeks left which im KINDA nervous about because i have NO idea what to expect from the college exams (plus, all of the exams that i have are cumulative- PUKE!), AND, the fact that people keep saying "oh, its only 3 weeks! you can get that done in NO time!" well, are they forgetting that if we can get through school that quick, that the break is only a half a week longer than that?! im just afraid that break will go by so fast and that these next 3 weeks are going to take forever..... ho hum....
well, now its work work work time. im told that the week before exams (or "dead week" as its called here since you dont REALLY get any assignments, you just review for the exams) is prety fun because it is so laid-back and everyone really starts to get into the christmas spirit. thats another thing, every year, i feel like christmas just creeps up on me out of NOWHERE, and i think that i know why: i never listen to christmas music! so, im going to start listening to it from some awesome online radio station or something and really start to get excited about christmas.
time to go buckle down, hope everyone's break was as great as mine! hope to see you in 3 short (hopefully) weeks! love you

-a