Bah Humbug!

I have not written in so long, as my life has been complete and utter chaos! I am so ready for a break- which luckily, I will soon get, as my first semester of grad school is just about over. Truth be told, I cannot believe how quickly this semester went by. With the holidays fast approaching, I should be very excited. I only have one more actual class on Thursday night and then two finals and I can finally start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Typically this is my favorite time of year...growing up celebrating "Christmakah" (Seth Cohen's coined phrase from The OC that I have adopted as my own as it is very appropriate)....Christmas trees and menorahs? Rock on...

This year however, is different. I cannot seem to get into the holiday spirit. I have decorated my house, watched holiday movies, gone shopping for gifts and have even force fed my ears with holiday music on XM Holly. However, with both my grandfather and dad in skilled nursing facilities, I am not looking forward to celebrating this year. Thanksgiving was really tough, even though Mom, Justin and I visited Dad before going to have Thanksgiving dinner with our neighbors, a tradition that was started about a decade ago with our other "transplant" neighbors with no family in the South...it just wasn't the same...Plus, I didn't realize until after the fact that there was no cranberry sauce with turkey dinner! Preposterous!!! That's my favorite part!!

I truly hope holiday cheer hits me soon...'til then I will be counting the days until 2010, wishing for a better year!

Sincerely,

SCROOGE