It has been a most excellent week :D
Monday I did make it to orchestra in time, and the only thing I forgot was my coat (heh, oops :] ). The drive was great - the only time I took off cruise control for more than just to pass people was when I was getting off the highway in Hoffman Estates :D
Tuesday I got to hang with Nicole! We watched the Muppet Christmas Carol (I love that movie :] ) and made pumpkin spice cookies. That was fun :] Then I went to get information about having my wisdom teeth removed. I'm having the surgery on the 19th, fun start to my winter break :D After that appointment, I watched Muppet Christmas Carol again, this time with my mom (she loves that movie as well, and I didn't mind watching it again at all :] ).
Wednesday, I went to lunch with my mom :D It was fun to spend some time with just her. Then I got to go run errands. I picked up my race packet for the Turkey Trot and colorful bread and oreo turkeys from the bakery. The oreo turkeys were fun, and yummy :] That evening, my mom and I started getting the food ready for Thursday as we waited for the Bogdas to arrive from St Louis. They got in kinda late since Kristin had to drive from Oklahoma City first. But they got in fine, and it was good to see them again (I'd actually seen them the most recent of my family, since I went to St Louis a few weeks ago).
Thursday, most of us were up fairly early to finish the food stuffs. We were joined by Ed, one of my mom's coworkers. He was going to spend the day by himself, so my mom invited him over. We ate and watched football and played Buckets - it was super fun :] My mom has this Thanksgiving book where we put a group picture and everyone writes what they're thankful for each year. This year, I wrote that I was thankful for my 'friends, family, the life I've led and that IU sucks' :D
Then the women were planning out our Black Friday shopping. Kohl's had a really good sale on something Kristin wanted, so we went out there when they opened at midnight. It was me, my mom, Aunt Kelly, Kristin and McKayla.
And it was a madhouse there. There were so many people! But I got to see Hannah Worman, from my high school cross country team, so that was good :] And we got the hair straightener Kristin wanted, so we went home and slept before going out again to other places.
The crew for the main chunk of the shopping was Melissa, Aunt Kelly, McKayla, my mom and myself. We Got some good shopping done - Target was one of the ones that opened at midnight as well, so it wasn't too crazy when we were there at about 9. I got 2 cds, a dvd, and sheets for myself, and discovered that pretty much everything I wanted to get for people as Christmas presents were out for the day, so that was a good trip for me :] Then, at Hot Topic, I got a blink 182 shirt for myself - so much for shopping for presents ;]
We continued our tradition of going to Cheesecake Factory for lunch and getting the peppermint bark cheesecake - it's so yummy! And so sad that it's only available during Christmastime. A friend asked me if we were done shopping around that time, I told him he was so funny :D
After lunch, I needed new jeans so we went to find some of those and American Eagle was rather crowded and hot as well. The mall got exponentially more crowded while we were eating - it was crazy. But, hey, it's Black Friday :]
We got finished in good time, it was 5 or so when we got back to my house. Then it was time to put new music on various computers, Melissa, Kristin and I all like the Twilight movie soundtracks so we all shared cds :]
Melissa had gotten a dice game called Farkle during the day, so the girls all played that in the evening. It was a game where you got points based on what you rolled and it was all about risk. So the first game, I was having fun and going for the long shot rolls, so I had 600 points for the longest time (to put it in perspective: you need 500 points to get on the board and then you need 10,000 to go for the win). That was fun :D
Saturday, I ran the Turkey Trot 5k. And I didn't do too badly, seeing as how I had to walk the whole second mile because my back was on fire. I ran the first mile and third in their entirety, and I got to get it massaged and stretched out after I finished so that was awesome. Melissa, Aunt Kelly and my mom and dad came to cheer me on, so that was cool :] They were cheering 'Go Turkey go!' and 'IU sucks!' at me, so that was entertaining :D
After the run, we all watched some college football. The Purdue v. IU game and Virginia Tech v. Vriginia games weren't until the afternoon, so we watched the Michigan v. Ohio State game - that was a good game. The Purdue game wasn't pretty by any stretch of the word, but they did win so I'll take it. I was also glad that they won, since I wrote that I was thankful that IU sucks. It would've been a different effect if we'd lost ;] Virginia Tech dominated, so that was good :]
I got to hang with Kylee again after way too long of not seeing each other. A bunch of other people came over too, so it was a party :] It was awesome to see all of them again, I miss them. And DJ was playing Skyrim (that was hilarious - he died so many times because he just wanted to kill everyone :D ) while Jon and Shugo fought with Jon's lightsabers, so it was a pretty typical gathering of all of us :]
After that party, I got to start decorating our Christmas tree with my mom. I love decorating for Christmas, so it's sad that I'm not there during most of it. At least I get to do some - my mom understands how I feel, and she should since I got it from her :D
This morning, I had to leave relatively early because I needed to get back for praise band. It was rainy, so I was prepared for a nasty drive. Driving around Chicago wasn't too bad but about 30 miles onto I-65 suddenly traffic was stop and go (which is slightly backwards from what you'd think it should be). That was fun O.o At least I had some Christmas music in my cd player - and Buckbeak stayed nice and warm for me.
I got to the sound check about a half hour late, so not too bad. I played violin and bass today, and I even sang one song - the other two vocalists weren't comfortable with it and I didn't mind so I did the verses and they joined in on the choruses. It was a small crowd, but it was fun :] And then I came back to Aldersgate and have been watching football, writing this and talking with friends instead of unpacking or doing the homework that's due on Tuesday that I didn't do over break. Oh well.
Boiler up :D
-Carly
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