Welcome Back!

So tonight marks the end of winter break. I had a great time visiting my family and being back in San Diego. I miss them and the food already! The last week has been packed with a whirlwind trip to Minneapolis to visit Land O' Lakes, 3M, General Mills and Target and try to make nice with the -9 degree weather. I brought back with me loads of new clothes (thanks mom and dad), Banana Nut Cherrios (thanks General Mills) and my coveted Bullesye stuffed dog (thanks Target). Since being back I have had some time to catch up with some of my friends, take Addie for walks in the snow and watch as much of the Wire as humanly possible and just relax. It's been nice, but I have to say goodbye to it, and hello to my 2nd semester.

Parties and Pajamas

The last few days have been a welcome recharge period. I have spent a lot of it in my pj's. There has been shopping, Mexican food, dinners and a few parties thrown in. It's been great to be home, be lazy and catch up with my family. I really needed this!

Home Sweet Home

I got in last night and was greeted by my family in baggage claim wearing santa hats and garland necklaces. So awesome! Was great to see them after a long and tiring flight.

In true San Diego fashion we hit a taco shop on the way home and picked up some rolled tacos. Yum! Good to have some real Mexican food again. Finished off the evening with some Sprinkles cupcakes and crawled into bed.

Glad to be back!

Rolling up the sidewalks

When class is in session it is hard to remember that Bloomington is a small town. After taking our friends to the shuttle and Charlton too, it got really quiet. I dropped a box off at school and it was pretty eerie, where is everyone?! Why isn't anyone studying?! Oh wait. No more class, or core.

When I wasn't playing shuttle driver, I cleaned out my closet and dropped off my cast-offs to Goodwill and cleaned off my bookshelf. Oh and spilled root beer on my laptop. Good times!

On more night in here in B-Town, then I am Cali bound too. A little relaxing and sun should do me good.

So tomorrow is the last final push before the end of the semester. That meant this weekend was filled with all the week's readings and some shopping trips. Lots of things are crossed off the to-do list, however, more things than have been crossed off have been added. There is light at the end of the tunnel...December 19th!

Time to Breathe

Yesterday was the first day I had in awhile where I didn't have anything to do, and was it great! I got coffee with a girlfrind and spent 2 much needed hours catching up. Other than that Addie got a bath and I dusted the apartment. We finished off our lazy day shopping at Sam's Club and getting a fabuluous dinner at Samira before catching up on Project Runway. Its funny how my weekends used to look like this and how much you really take decompressing for granted. If nothing else b-school has made me appreciate these little pauses a lot more.