I am incredibly happy right now. More to come later on why. :)

catching up

Well, I know its been a while since I posted last, but I've been very busy. I went home for break and it was great. I got to see a lot of my family and I had a great Christmas. My mom also threw a birthday party for me since she wasn't going to see me on my birthday....fun. I honestly think that she got me too many Christmas presents and couldn't give them all to me, but that's my opinion. I went to St.Louis on New Years. It was fun, although I'm wondering if I'll do it again. I knew fewer people at the party and it was a long drive. I am very thankful that Stephanie came with me. I think that the drive home would have been a lot worse had I not had Steph there. And I enjoyed talking to my Twin and leaving a drunk message on Creed's voicemail. Bread Co. was very good too. All in all, it was a good trip back to MO. Although I've decided that its too long of a drive to make again...so I'll be flying from here on out.
My sister made the trip back with me and we had a really good time. We bought paint and curtains and decorated my room. It only took us one night to paint, but I'm pretty sure we got high on the fumes. We were laughing quite a bit. And then we got into a paint fight in the middle of my bedroom. We didn't make too big of a mess and it was a ton of fun. We watched the Chiefs lose horribly in the playoffs and ate out and read books and watched a ton of TV. She brought her second season of Grey's Anatomy and we watched a lot of that. It was the best week!
After finals and since I've been back here, I've gone out a lot of times, gone bowling twice, hung out at friends houses, etc. Not having classes or teaching has been wonderful. I've gotten to know a few people down here a lot better and we're having a lot of fun. No one is looking forward to the semester starting tomorrow.
Actually, we're hoping to have a snow day. It has been raining and its below freezing and its supposed to get colder tonight. Texans freak out in cold weather. The cancel or close everything in the event that there MIGHT be bad weather. I think its pretty funny.
I hope you all are doing well and that your new year has started off well. I miss you all!