My Deepest Appologies

hello readers. I would like to start with an appoloy to you for the lack of posts. My only logical excuse this week is that my midterm projects are due tomorrow and the stress and hard work have kept me on my toes.

As many of you know, I have a new friend by the name of Salem Oliver Coleman St. Marie, though sometimes my new furry friend is referred to by the name of Sir Salem or Mr. Oliver. He is a Syrian Hamster that lives in my office and keeps me company while a work away at my homework. He makes a lovely companion.

Life has been ok. Nothing terrible, just the normal stress, zero sleep, and unwanted life curveballs. It builds character and makes you stronger, and I look back at times that I have been stressed and I can honestly thank God for getting me through it and for all the things I learned through that time. Things have just been hard these last few weeks, one of those things being the holidays coming up. Holidays are bittersweet for me...and that being because my mom absolutely loved them. Thanksgiving and Christmas were her favorite times of the year-she went all out on decorating the house, buying us presents, drinking hot chocolate, playing in the snow....she really made this time of year real for us. Now, I am not one to dwell on the past, because I know that all I have is right now and the past is done and over. But when it is tangible, in front of my eyes- like the little girl I saw eating an ice cream dinner with her mom in the middle of winter (which my mom and I did constantly)- it brings back memories of the holidays that I can't forget and I honestly wish I could somehow have back. Like I said, this time of year was my mom's favorite, and she made sure that we all enjoyed every minute- and we did.

So anyway, thats been one thing this week. The daly hustle and bustle of life has been doubled with papers to write and maps to print and bibliographies to keep up. I am not looking forward to my speech tomorrow to say the least, but I will do fine I am sure and I'll make it through.

Katie's musical revisit thing (i have no idea what you call it) was amazing. She sang Defying Gravity from Wicked and blew everyone away. Of course :) its Katie we're talking about here. She did a beautiful job and I am very proud of her. I got to see her hammock that I plan on sleeping in very soon and I am terribly excited that I finally get to meet Brittany over New Years sometime.

Ok. Well I think that is it for now. My worries for tomorrow have caught my attention and I think I will go practice my speech. After tomorrow Thanksgiving break officially begins and my excitement is beyond words.

Have a wonderful night.
abby