Time is a crawling fly...

Sometimes this break seems so long, sometimes it seems to run right past me.
There are 10 days till I return to Bellingham. One one hand, that seems like so many, when you think in terms of how slowly each day goes by. But at the same time, it seems rather short compared to the 21 days I started with...

I want to stay here and enjoy each moment, for fear that nothing will be like this ever again. I want to see friends that I can't see anywhere else, do things I can't do up in college, enjoy my freedom while I have it.

But there are things up in college that await me, and I can hardly wait to get back up there again.

Overall I think I'm doing a good job of keeping cool, being patient... I just feel like I'm stuck, frozen, between two motives, and sometimes this immobility can make me miss out on some good things right in front of me. Dang it...

Hmm, so what have I done since the update before? On Friday, it was yet another concert with my family. Saturday... shall be discussed later. Sunday it was my two brothers' concert. Monday I went and hung with Sonja. Tuesday I finally started making cookies. Wednesday I made more cookies and got a vist from Sonja again. And today... Made more cookies, got a visit from Michelle and Sarah, and decorated our main tree, finally!

So I'll elaborate on a few of those subjects. What was so cool about my brother's concert? Graham suprised us all with an improve clarinet solo during a jazzy song... one of those "older sister pride" moments! That was cool.

Hanging out with Sonja on m was ever so much fun! We watched the Grinch Who Stole Christmas (the classic cartoon version, of course) and a favorite of ours, Muppet Christmas Carol. We sang along with the Monday songs, laughed at the funny parts, questioned the questionable parts, and quoted our favorite quotes. We also tried to do a duet on piano... which kinda worked. Oh well, we loved that too! Then we started discussing other things in life, and had a very intellectual conversation... okay okay, it was all gossip. But hey! Bonding time is bonding time! It it was good times.

Tuesday, Cookies. Moving on...

Wednesday. More cookies. Sonja dropped by again to a) give me a present, and b) show me something hilarious: David Letterman's Top 10 "Ways To Know You Aren't the Most Popular Guy In School" hosted by... none other than Napoleon Dynamite! It was freakin' awesome, yo! What better way to talk about nerdiness than the most popular nerd out there?! Ah, good times...

So today... even more cookies. And then I got a nice visit from Michelle and Sarah, and after a nice present from Sarah, we all hung out and sipped our... water.... and talked of life, love, and who knows what else. It was nice to see those two again, it had been a while...
I also got my laptop taken from me. Stolen from me. Hidden from me. By my younger siblings. And I'll admit, I have been spending alot of time on my laptop... with a pretty legitamite reason, actually. But maybe it is time I put down the laptop. The major complaint I have is that I don't always feel exactly welcome when I'm "bonding" with the younger three. Oh well... Christmas is coming, afterall...
I did find my laptop eventually. Obviously. I'm sitting here writing this entry in my room right now.

Now there's a shocker: tomorrow's Christmas Eve. And the next day it's... Christmas! That makes me think time has teleported on by. Last time I checked I still had at least a week left... man. What feels doubley weird is that I've only been here for almost two weeks, as opposed to hardly leaving the house... it still feels like Christmas season just began. Hmmm... well, there are still 12 days of Christmas left afterwards, so the holidays won't be quite over yet.

The only day left out was Saturday. I wont' let that one completely out of the bag until the opportune moment... besides, it sounds better in person.

Still counting down, yet still trying to enjoy moments as they happen... it's a constant tug-of-war between the heartstrings...