Happy December 1st!

I can't believe that it is already December, well almost, in 28 minutes to be exact. So much has happened the past few months I just don't know where to begin. I am still plugging away at grad school. I only 2 weeks left this semester and then next semester then I am done. So everyone mark May 7th on your calendar, for this is graduation day!

You know how there is usually 3 bad things that happen to you in a row and then there is silver lining. Well I am ready for that silver lining.

1. The first bad thing happened in September. I am not going to talk about it because it gets me really angry and raises my blood pressure and my family is still dealing with it. So until it is fully resolved, it is not to be mentioned, for the sake of blood pressure!
   
2. On October 23rd, my aunt Gwen passed away from complications that arose after a neck surgery. This one was and is still really hard on me. The saying, you never know what you miss until it is gone, is truly how I feel. I miss her so much and think about her often. I know that she is in a much better place, but it is still painful to know that she is not her and I can't just call her up or give her a hug or anything like that. I have found recently, it's little things that remind me of her: a smell, a song, a phrase that someone says, the color turquoise. Oh how much I miss her.
3. The final (and yes, karma I mean final) thing was on November 20th at 2:30 am, after enjoying a night of good friends and the movie New Moon, two friends and I were hit by a drunk driver. We were completely stopped at a stop light and the next thing I know my head is throbbing and I am reaching for my phone as the two friends were trying to get the license plate of the car that hit us as they drive off. Needless to say, I was transported by ambulance to the hospital with a concussion and a cervical neck strain. I am still having headaches from it. No fun. One friend thinks she also got a concussion and the other one is having lower back pains (probably from my knees slamming into the back of her chair, I don't just a guess though).

So needless to say, I am ready to have something good come out of all of this. I did have a pretty good Thanksgiving with my family. My parents and I went to Wendover on the Fun Bus. NO leftovers for us, but we were pretty stuffed after a spectacular buffet. My mom and I woke up early Friday morning and braved Black (or what my Pops refers to as "Bleak") Friday. We only went to 3 stores (enough for both of us). Roberts was the only one on the list; I wanted a Cricut and they were marked down to less than half of what they sell for normally. So Happy Graduation to me (I have banned myself from using it until after March 1st - when my HUGE paper for grad school is due).

THe only other thing that I am looking forward to beside for Christmas is New Year's. Ginny-Beth and I are adventuring out to New York City for New Year's Eve. It will be pretty incredible, I hope. Ice skating at Rockefeller Center, going to Rock of Ages on Broadway and shopping on Canal Street are some of the MANY things on the list of things that we are doing. I will definitely try to keep you posted on that and again, I am going to try to update more often. I think I will make it a New Year's Resolution, we will see!

Bye Bye for now...