The Home Stretch Begins

In maybe fourteen hours, I'll be back at Umass in my cramped little room thinking about how just that morning I was asleep in my comfortable bed in my regularly heated house. That's how it usually goes after I come back to school from a break. This is a little easier than last year what with not having to take a six hour plane ride to do it, but the trend is consistent. At some point tomorrow I will think this.

Thanksgiving Break 2008 was far less eventful than '07. For one I didn't spend Thanksgiving day hungover. Nope. This year I spent it mostly sober with my parents and even watched major league before playing some brawl with Steff and reminiscing through the high school year book. It was noted that we always seem to do this when she comes over. This is of course 100 percent true. Nostalgia is addictive.

There was no drinking at all, actually. Probably a good thing considering last years disaster. The biggest event was a movie night at Kevin's house that I dragged Christina to (mostly because it was the only time during the entire break we were both not completely busy).

I watched a lot of movies. Major League, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Iron Man, The Transporter 3, and A Very Brady Sequel (which was fucking sweet) to name a few. All were pretty good. I saw everyone I set out to, some even more than once, and I slept an average of 11 hours a day making it an extremely successful break. I'm a little surprised to be home right now. A year ago, I probably would have gone on some sort of crazy adventure driving around the back roads and highways of New England with Steve. This is likely to happen at some point during the winter but at the moment, the promise of sleep in a warm bed with no annoying snores or breast feeding sounds in the background is far too tempting.

Looking at my computers calendar it would seem that there are 19 days until the semester ends. Hopefully in this time I can move out of my dorm, pass my finals, go holiday shopping, and not completely lose my mind out of stress and frustration.


Here's to the final stretch!