It's time for another News in Brief update!
I got a 4.0 this semester. Three of my four classes are core, so I don't hold it as some giant victory ... but it's still kind of neat. I worked all this week and am now off until classes and work resume on the fifth. I'm spending Christmas in Atlanta with everyone, driving up to see Bec and Monica in Asheville for a few days, then coming back to see Shelia on New Year's. This is shaping up to be an awesome break.
Someday last week I cleaned my bathroom for the first time in over half a year and seriously picked up my room, sorting papers, throwing out trash, and taking out the year's worth of recycling I'd built up. For the first time in ages I have some pride in my space. I have a nice home and a nice car, and I want to maintain them. It's amazing what not living in a shithole can do for your mood.
Matt and I saw Return of the King in a packed house on Friday night and the sunnabitch was actually good. It seems to revisit the best aspects of the previous two while keeping the emotion raised to exhausting levels. I plan to see it again in a few weeks when the theatre's not as full so it'll be okay to cry. Now I'm chomping at the bit for Cold Mountain, which reminds me that I have the book and probably ought to take a gander...
On Saturday I drove to Fayetteville, GA for Sara Kate's Christmas party, about two hours or so from here. It was awesome seeing everyone and my throat was sore from laughing by the time I got home. The drive was also great-- I like my car so much that I enjoyed having an excuse to just take off and go and go and go. Lauren's car's battery died as things were winding down so I gladly gave her and Jon a ride back home, and getting a chance to talk to her was a nice bonus. |
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