i can’t believe it is december already. this year has gone by in a blink. in two weeks and two days i will be on my way home! i haven’t seen my house, one brother, or my dad since last christmas. crazy. but ah, the magic of cell phones. when you talk to someone at least once a week, it’s not hard to forget, or at least ignore, the fact that you never actually see them.
work on friday didn’t really seem like work, with so few people around, so the weekend seemed to last for four days. i didn’t do much of anything. stayed home friday night, ran some errands on saturday and got a lovely wreath (from north carolina!) for my front door. saturday night i picked nick up from the airport and was rewarded with what was practically a fourth thanksgiving dinner. his mom sent him back with an entire shopping bag full of delicious lebanese food, from lamb to grape leaves to baklava (of course nick called them all by their arabic names, but i can’t remember them, much less try to spell them, except maybe for hummus). mmm. mad props to nick’s mom, dad, and teita.
yesterday i chilled at home again. i finally pulled my bike out of the garage for the first time in a while. i’ve been so busy with the running, soccer, softball, and climbing (whew, it makes me tired just thinking about it) that i haven’t been on my bike since september. ah, my poor neglected bike. with it getting dark so early, and me not wanting to tempt fate (or cars) by riding in the dark, i’m sort of confined to riding only on the weekends. it was fairly windy yesterday, which gave me quite a workout. i feel like i’ve been slacking if i don’t maintain an average of at least 15 mph, and with the wind yesterday and the long absense from riding, it was tough. my legs felt all rubbery by the time i got home almost an hour later.
i have so much to do in the next couple weeks. it seems like december always fills up before it even gets here. i already have plans for pretty much every weeknight between now and when i go home on the 17th. miraculously, i have few weekend plans, so i might actually be able to get some christmas shopping done before i go home. i already have presents for katie, dad, and grandmother, and ideas for some other people, so we shall see.
