I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Mine was fabulous, I must say. The week off that I had after was amazing as well. Classes wrapped up for me on the 15th of December. I got a 109% on my Bio final and ended up with a 104.5% average in the class. I was super nervous about my Chem final though, because if I bombed it I wouldn't keep my A. The day before the final I studied from 10am-4pm, then went to work until 12:30am, then came home and studied until 3:00am, and got up at 7am to go take the final. (I then went to work right after until 8:00pm .. it was an insane week.) I felt really good about the exam once I was done but I had the same feeling on the exam before that and I ended up with a B. FINALLY, my instructor emailed me and let me know that I got a 100% on the final and my A in the class :) So I ended up with my 4th semester of 4.0 GPA since I've started at GTC.
The week of Christmas I worked, and worked, and worked, and worked some more. It was so chaotic every single day, and by Friday I was so ready to get out of there. Luckily I had all of my gifts wrapped and ready by the 22nd, so there was no rushing around with any of that stuff. Christmas Eve was spent at my dad and stepmom's with my brothers, sister, Donaldo, and my brother's girlfriend. We had a lot of fun and the meal was just delicious!! I got a lot of nice things from them including my big gift .. a purple North Face Denali jacket. I also got some clothes and a Philosophy fragrance gift set.
my dad's tree :)
my doggy<3
playing cards.
the table .. & iceberg wedges yummy.
cheese :)
nice, Daddy. LOL.
Ryan and me.
Laura, Carol, and me.
too bad my face is cut off. haha.
Christmas Day we all woke up and opened gifts and then went to mass at 10:30. Our main gift from our mom is our vacation to Florida in March (she's paying for where we're staying and also for our Hopper passes to the Disney parks), but we also each got a bunch of smaller gifts. My favorite was a Woodson jersey, which I had to wear Christmas Day because the Packers played. When we got home, Laura's boyfriend, Luke, came over and all of us opened our gifts to each other. Donaldo got me a matching necklace and ring with purple heart shaped stones. I was so surprised because he picked them out all on his own :) He also got me the Dolce and Gabbana - The One gift set that I asked for. We spent the rest of the day with extended family, and all watched the Packer game together.
Donaldo and I on Christmas Day :)
me with some of my cousins and siblings.
sibs.
I LOVE THIS PIC<3
my ring from Donaldo :)
Monday until yesterday we were up north at my stepmom's dad's cottage skiing. It was so so nice having a whole week off work and fun spending time with my dad and stepmom. Donaldo had such a fun time skiing and he was so good at it by the last day. Today I have one more day off and then tomorrow I start back at work for the whole weekend and most of next week. No plans for New Years, but my mom is having a Rose Bowl party on Monday.
I am buying my books for clinicals on January 4th. I'm getting super nervous/excited .. but my life as I know it will be gone for the next 2 years. Trying to enjoy my downtime as much as I can right now.
