It's a New Year and it's January 11, 2011 (1-11-11)

Wow! Where has the time gone?! Thanksgiving was great as I spent some time with my friend, Katelyn, who came up from Rhode Island and we went to my pastor's house, where there were lots of people and food and it was nice and relaxing. It seems as if families on the east coast eat an early Thanksgiving dinner (1 or 2 pm) and so they have time to eat another meal (or appetizers or a snack or something) later in the evening or night. Then, for the weekend after, I was able to spend a few days in Maine with a couple families I met over the summer and spent time visiting and more time relaxing and away from school and the craziness of city life in Boston (which isn't all that crazy all the time...just, constant noise and people around).

Well, another semester of PT school has come and gone, and I think it was our worst schedule as we were at school what seemed like all the time. However, we made it through and learned a lot and, now, I've forgotten a lot! (But, I have remembered some of it too.) I left Boston the evening after my last final in the morning, which is new for me. I am usually the one to stay a few days and take my time packing and cleaning and getting ready to leave. However, not this time! I packed in maybe an hour by throwing a bunch of things in my bag and hoped it was enough for my time at home and then went to off to the airport. :) It worked out just fine. Surprisingly, I did not get stuck anywhere this trip! Praise God! We ended up leaving Boston and hour late because it was snowing and they had to prepare the plane so the snow didn't turn to ice at 30,000 feet. However, we only got into Dallas/Fort Worth a half an hour later than scheduled. I had an hour layover, which quickly turned into a half an hour and thankfully my departing gate wasn't too far from my arriving gate. So, I made it to my plane to San Francisco with a little bit of time to spare (more time than I thought since the mechanics had to do things to the plane before we could leave). I arrived in San Francisco and walked out to my family waiting for me and my sister taking a bazillion pictures of me, half asleep.

Christmas and my time at home was great as I got to spend a lot of time with my family and enjoy that time together. Got to see everyone multiple times and Cari and I did a lot of sewing. She taught me how to make a rag quilt as she made a quilt of her own too. We also had some quality, fun competition in Wii games in between times of sewing and sports games on the television. I will post pictures of my projects over Christmas break as soon as I put them on my computer from my camera! :)

My birthday was also recently. I turned 25, which is kind of a milestone birthday, I suppose. I was able to spend time with my parents and my younger brother on my birthday. We saw Country Strong and then went out to dinner. Then, the next morning, I was able to have breakfast with my grandparents, my brother, dad, and uncle which made for a delightful morning after my birthday. :) My older brother and sister-in-law came over that afternoon/evening for a yummy home-mom-cooked meal and to hang out before I left that night to return to Boston. Now, I am hoping and planning on celebrating my birthday with my friends in Boston by going to the Hard Rock Cafe (weather permitting). If not tomorrow, then Friday! :)

My flight back to Boston was also, surprisingly, on time and no delays! It's almost like a first. Although, I was hoping for an overbooked flight in which I could volunteer and get another voucher towards another flight and keep getting free flights. Unfortunately, or fortunately, however you may look at it, that did not happen and I arrived in Chicago and left Chicago and arrived in Boston all on time.

Now, school has started for our 7 week semester of class and it's already going by so quickly! :) After two days of class, there is a blizzard warning and school is closed tomorrow, so we get a day off. Since being in Boston, I have had 2 snow days now and the first one, there was no actual snow. I'll find out when I wake up whether the blizzard actually comes through Boston or not! :) I am hoping to wake up to a fresh blanket of snow covering the ground that I can go play in and have a snowball fight and build and snowman and enjoy the day!

Well, I couldn't resist posting on such a monumental day with a date of 1-11-11!!! The only other time there will be more 1's will be on Veteran's Day of this year! :) Okay....I guess there were more ones on November 11, 1111. But, that was a really long time ago and not in our lifetime, so enjoy the ones!!! :) And, now, I am finishing this post at 11:01. How fitting. Maybe I should write for ten more minutes. Nah...I'll head to bed so I can wake up early and be greeted by the snow (hopefully). :)