Happy New Year!!!
I hope that each of your holiday celebrations were safe and joyous. Welcome to 2014!!! I don't know about you, but to me, it doesn't feel like a real year. It feels like 2013 still... but it doesn't... I don't know. It's weird.
Anyways, as you might gather from me posting this, I am now back in Los Angeles. That's right, at this very moment, I am sitting in my dorm room, typing up my blog, just like I used to.
I feel like I should give a recap of my Christmas break, but to be honest, so much happened that I'm not sure where to begin!!! It started out with me getting to see a lot of faces from TKA, since I went to an alumni luncheon, and I also got to see Frozen with some of my close friends, which was a real treat. Later that week, I slept over at Abbey's house with my girlfriends after we got manicures and pedicures :) It was truly one of the happiest times of my 2013 that I've had.
I went to Montana with my family for Christmas, where we played in the snow, went skiing, and spent time with all my family up there. I've missed them a lot, so it was really wonderful to see everyone!
After Christmas, I came back and spent lots of time with my friends at game nights or just hang outs and etc. During this time, I started looking around for summer jobs and was lucky enough to find one! There's a restaurant in Downtown Mountain View who hired me for the summer, but started training me and having me work for my last two weeks of Christmas break. I started work there the day after I got the position, New Year's Eve. I'm a hostess, and so far, I like it! I'm getting the hang of it, at least. It's true that now I won't be back until summer, but hey- it was a good start!
Speaking of New Year's Eve, I got to go to my friend Kayla's house after working to bring in the New Year with all my close friends. It was a wonderful time, and I'm very glad I got to start off the New Year with such friendly faces.
Since New Year's Eve, I've just been working, hanging out at home and with friends, going to the dentist (fillings suck) and reading. Oh! I've been reading!!! I read The Hobbit, and absolutely LOVED it!!! It's weird. I love Lord of the Rings, I read the Hobbit, and I still feel like I need more Middle Earth in my life.
But the biggest lesson I learned from Christmas break was if you have a cold, take care of yourself. Don't let it sit, or you'll have to go to the doctor for a sinus infection. Yeah... that happened. But now I know better.
I've been pretty tired the past week or so in general. I know for instance that right now I'm going to bed waaayyy later than I should, but hopefully a new year and being back at school will motivate some new habits. That's what I'm hoping, at least. I definitely didn't get a good start on habits back at home, but a new environment might help do the trick.
Regardless, I'm not completely happy to be back. I miss home... and my family, already. I miss clean bathrooms and good food and being among those I love... It's so weird to be back.
I was sad to leave today. Dad and Melissa actually came down to LA with me! Dad wanted to show Melissa the campus, plus they wanted to be able to bring stuff back home that I wasn't going to need for second semester, which was super helpful. We flew down together, I showed them my dorm, and we got dinner together after I moved in, but then they left again pretty quickly for home. I miss them... :(
Since I've been back, I've put all my stuff back where it goes, met some new people on my floor (yay for Spring Admits!), and talked to some of the people that are already here, like Hannah, Kate, Sneha, and Corona. Since Jinny isn't back yet, my room felt pretty quiet and lonely... so since I finished dinner I've had Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring playing in the background as I clean and organize and talk to people. Don't worry, people got my full attention as I talked to them. I admit though, I was constantly aware of what part of the story the movie was on.... Whoops. Like I said, I need Middle Earth in my life.
It's still playing as I write this blog, actually. I've decided to use it as a timer- I need to go to bed before it ends. Or at least, as it ends. Right now, ****SPOILER ALERT*****
I'm at the part where Boromir is dying. Poor Boromir... you hate him so much but you can't help but feel bad for him. I feel especially bad for Merry and Pippin watching the whole thing... Gosh I love Hobbits. Hobbits are my favorite things ever. I want a Hobbit for my birthday.
...Sorry... You're probably more interested in how I'm doing and what I'm up to than what's happening in Lord of the Rings.
Well... I'm lonely and I've got a lot to do tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to people coming back. I'm not sure if I'm excited for classes yet or not... I'm not fully excited to be back in general, so that doesn't help.
Also, someone stole my bike tire. I have no idea how to get a new one or where... but I'm going to have to figure that out soon. I feel really embarrassed for not locking it up like I should have... but it could've been worse, right? They could've taken the whole bike, but they didn't. I still have the frame! So... yay...
Well. Welcome to second semester. We'll see how it goes.
Fight on, friends.
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