Winter Break Happenings ...

My Winter Break has been excellent so far!

MONDAY 12/16

I got on a productive kick in the middle of the day and crossed two big things off of my to-do list: organizing all of my school papers and organizing my desk area.

Tuesday 12/17

I had my pre-employment screening for the new job and then a meeting at school about becoming a paid tutor for next semester. I also went to the post office and mailed my best friend's Christmas gifts!

Wednesday 12/18

My mom and I took D to see Christmas lights for the first time! When we were little my mom would always take us to the same neighborhood to see all the decorated houses. We would get our pajamas on and bring hot chocolate with us late at night. This year we went to a campground that was decorated for Christmas. It was amazing, and I took way more pictures but these were some of them.

Thursday 12/19

Started another item on my list which was to start reviewing my OB lectures from school in preparation for my new job. My doggie had to go to the groomers at 9am and it takes a long time, so I went to a Starbucks down the road and did some studying.

Thursday night I went to get a mani/pedi with my friend Tessa from school. Then we met up with two girls from our work for drinks. One of them (the one in the picture above) was one of my best friends in high school. She moved to Japan with her husband and we hadn't seen each other in over 10 years. It was amazing to see her and we're going to continue to hang out in the future. 

Thursday I wrote a fan letter to Lana Parrilla! She is my favorite actress everrr since I started watching Once and a lot of people have gotten replies from her via her fan mail address. I was also excited because Walgreens printed the pictures I sent with no problems!

Saturday 12/21

Saturday afternoon my mom, aunt, cousins, sister, and I all made a ton of Christmas cookies and treats!! We made SO much!! We did regular cutouts, the pretzels with chocolate in the center, and OMG we made chocolate covered Oreos (the third picture). Everything was just amazing!

At night we went out to a really fancy steakhouse for my sister's graduation dinner with my dad and stepmom. My brother also came home on Saturday, this was us at dinner!

Sunday 12/22

We all went to a bar to watch the Packer game. They lost, but luckily the Bears also lost, so we have a big game Sunday for the NFC North championship and a playoff spot.

Monday 12/23

Today I got all of my presents wrapped!! Okay, so I always buy Target's wrapping set which usually comes with 4 wrapping paper rolls, tags, ribbon, and bows for $9.00. Well, this year they didn't include ANY ribbon or bows and their tags were crap. Very upset about this, LOL. Will not be buying again next year. Now I am playing Monopoly online with my brother and later I'm going to study some more OB. This has been a great vacation so far but my gosh is it flying by! Hope everyone is enjoying theirs!