It is so good to be back home from Fall semester. No more getting up for 8 a.m. classes, or staying up until after midnight trying to finish papers or studying for tests. Well, at least for a month anyway. The break is definitely most welcome. Those last two weeks of a semester can most definitely be a trying time to get through without looking like something from night of the living dead or something. The end of the semester gets everyone exhausted and ready for a little bit of a break from the tedious monotony.

Nothing is better during that break than to be home for the holidays that are about to be rolling in. Getting to bundle up in the cooler weather and watch Christmas specials (both the classics that are on ABC's 25 days of Christmas, and all of the sappy heart warming ones that play on Hallmark channel). Drinking hot chocolate. Seeing the kids in the family smiling and enjoying the season. These are just some of the things that make this time of year so enjoyable for me. This is just such an amazing time of the year.

I just hope that I can maintain something akin to a normal schedule for a functioning member of society during this break. That, and actually remember what day it is. I have a bad habit of losing track of time when there isn't some task that I need to get accomplished that day. But hey, I'd rather lose track of time hanging out with family than just sitting around doing absolutely nothing. So with that, bring on the gift wrapping. Having the kids of the family over, let's do it. And Christmas cookies, consider yourself baked.