I don't know about ya'll, but I let myself get suckered into the Christmas spirit as soon as December started this year. I try to never let myself enjoy Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving- Thanksgiving is a different holiday that needs to be celebrated differently!!! Let it be it's own holiday!! But when December hits, it's Christmastime, Baby.
Well, I'm sure in the Christmas spirit right now.
Yesterday and today were pretty much the same, by the way. Yesterday was the first Monday since Labor day that I got to sleep in past 7am and I totally took advantage of that fact. It was beautiful!! Then, I spent the majority of the day finishing up menial "To Do" list tasks and rehearsing for my Acting Final. My group and I actually got to have a one-on-one session with my acting professor (her name's Mary Joan by the way... have I ever mentioned that on this blog before?) so she could work through the scene with us. It helped a bunch! She helped us be a lot more specific with what we were doing as far as body language and tone. I think we retained a lot of it in our rehearsals!
OH my goodness, and I almost forgot!!! Yesterday morning, we got to play with puppies!!! They were really just small dogs, but it was some event that someone set up for Finals week that dogs came to the lawn outside Pardee Tower and we got to play with them!!
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| This one was my favorite. She had a personality all her own and an adorable underbite!!!! |
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| Her name was Chickie :) |
Another awesome thing that happened last night was that around 11:30 or so, Sneha and Kate came over to our room for tea. Then, Anna joined us! So the five of us had a little tea party. We talked and laughed and I taught them how to play Telephone Pictionary, which was hilarious and fun!! I was going to go to bed early... but they stuck around til 2am, so I just went to bed after they left. It was worth it though! We had a swell time.
Today I slept in again, but understandably so! Jinny and I got a lot of snacks at Seeds, and then I continued in my pattern of practicing my scene and getting stuff done on my To Do list. I updated my theater resume, went through a bunch of old papers, and now, all I have left to do is to go through a list of classes I could possibly take while I'm at USC and decide which ones I actually want to take.
But, as I said, I'm totally in the Christmas spirit. Odd time to be so gleeful and full of Christmasness. Everybody's so stressed for finals and there's a lot to get done, but here's what did it for me- My first Candy Cane of December.
I enjoyed a Candy Cane a few hours ago, and I'm still super happy about it. What is it about candy canes that does that? Maybe it's just the magic of the first one. Or maybe it's the sugar. I'm not too sure, but I am absolutely full of joy now and I love it. I have Christmas music stuck in my head (and I've been listening to it quite a bit lately!), I'm full of energy (which isn't good since it's almost 11pm), and I just can't help but feel totally giddy.
Besides the candy cane and the music, it's been really cold in LA lately. I know, I know, many of you will scoff at me for saying so, but FOR LA, it is cold. And I'm used to LA weather now... so it's cold!!! The cold weather reminds me of Montana. I'm going this year for Christmas and I just can't wait. There's nothing quite like a white, Montana Christmas!!
ON TOP of all this, I made a gingerbread house last week!!! I think I mentioned that in my big huge long catch up blog, but still. It happened! I made a gingerbread house!! Out of graham crackers, yes, but it's the best gingerbread graham cracker house I have ever made. Ever.
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| Look how beautiful it is. |
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| There's even little furniture candy inside. |
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| It's beautiful. I'm so proud |
I've been eating it recently, which is why it's worth mentioning again. Besides, now I have pictures!!
Anyways, my point in all this is despite all the studying and the finals stress that seems to be a pandemic around this campus, I'm looking forward to Christmas break like I can't even believe. I think more than break, I'm just looking forward to Christmas. It's a time of joy, of celebration, of comfort, of love, of giving, and of gratitude. Really, what isn't to love about any of that?
After all, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... ;)
Fight on, friends.
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