Yesterday I was talking to my sister and she said “don’t forget to open your first Advent treat tomorrow!” I was suddenly disappointed, because I hadn’t gotten any Advent treats to open. I thought maybe mom had decided that grad students are too old for Advent calendars.
But she didn’t. Today I opened the front door to take my trash to the dumpster, and sitting between the screen door and the wooden door was a box from home with 15 days worth of advent treats. Today’s is the standard December 1 treat — green and red paper strips to make my Christmas/going home countdown chain.
I can’t believe it’s December already! But Christmas is my favorite holiday, I think. Time to dig the Christmas music out from the depths of my hard drive! And exactly two weeks from now, I’ll be winging my way back to the east coast for three blissful weeks of holiday vacation.
(6:51 p.m.)
I have lost faith in the Georgia Tech football team. I think Iffy might be right when he says they have no heart. Today’s game was totally winnable, and in the first half, it looked like the team was prepared to do just that. We’d get our first ever win against an admittedly weak Florida State team. Unfortunately, a football game has two halves. And our team fell apart. My Georgia Tech wardrobe, down to the flip flops and bee ears, was to no avail. No matter how much I sighed loudly, or offered advice to the TV screen, we still lost. Boo hoo.